AMARYLLIS FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amaryllis family mean? 

• AMARYLLIS FAMILY (noun)
  The noun AMARYLLIS FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae

  Familiarity information: AMARYLLIS FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMARYLLIS FAMILY (noun)

Meaning:

Snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae

Hypernyms ("amaryllis family" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot family (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "amaryllis family"):

amaryllis (bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers)

genus Amaryllis (type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa)

Bomarea; genus Bomarea (large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae)

genus Haemanthus; Haemanthus (genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies)

genus Hippeastrum (bulbous flowering plants of tropical America)

genus Narcissus (Old World perennial bulbous herbs)

genus Strekelia; Strekelia (a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family)

Holonyms ("amaryllis family" is a member of...):

Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)