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Amaryllis

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌæməˈrɪlɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌæməˈrɪlɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(am′ə ril′is)


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Amaryllis /ˌæməˈrɪlɪs/ n
  1. (in pastoral poetry) a name for a shepherdess or country girl
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
am•a•ryl•lis /ˌæməˈrɪlɪs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Plant Biologya plant with large red or pink flowers, popular as a houseplant.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
am•a•ryl•lis  (am′ə ril′is),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of several bulbous plants of the genus Hippeastrum, esp. H. puniceum, which has large red or pink flowers and is popular as a houseplant. Cf. amaryllis family.
  2. Plant BiologyAlso called belladonna lily, naked lady. a related plant, Amaryllis belladonna, having clusters of usually rose-colored flowers.
  3. Plant Biologyany of several other similar or related plants.
  4. Antiquity(cap.) a shepherdess or country girl, esp. in classical and later pastoral poetry.
  • Latin: name of a shepherdess in Vergil's Eclogues
  • 1785–95

Am•a•ryl•lis  (am′ə ril′is),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a female given name.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
amaryllis /ˌæməˈrɪlɪs/ n
  1. Also called: belladonna lily an amaryllidaceous plant, Amaryllis belladonna, native to southern Africa and having large lily-like reddish or white flowers
  2. any of several related plants, esp hippeastrum
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Latin: named after Amaryllis
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