Alstroemeria Definition

ălstrə-mîrē-ə
noun
Any of several South American perennial herbs of the genus Alstroemeria, popular as cut flowers for their showy, variously colored blooms.
American Heritage

Any member of the genus Alstremeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.

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Other Word Forms of Alstroemeria

Noun

Singular:
alstroemeria
Plural:
alstroemerias

Origin of Alstroemeria

  • New Latin genus name after Baron Clas Alstroemer (1736–1794), Swedish naturalist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

Alstroemeria Sentence Examples

  • Thus, the Lent lily is Narcissus Pseudonarcissus; the African lily is Agapanthus umbellatus; the Belladonna lily is Amaryllis Belladonna (q.v.); the Jacobaea lily is Sprekelia formosissima; the Mariposa lily is Calochortus; the lily of the Incas is Alstroemeria pelegrina; St Bernard's lily is Anthericum Liliago; St Bruno's lily is Anthericum (or Paradisia) Liliastrum; the water lily is Nymphaea alba; the Arum lily is Richardia africana; and there are many others.

  • In Alstroemeria, as represented in fig.

  • Bomarea - Curious and handsome plants of the Amaryllis order allied to Alstroemeria, requiring greenhouse temperature so far as now known.

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