New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Jacobean lily — noun Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower • Syn: ↑Aztec lily, ↑Strekelia formosissima • Hypernyms: ↑amaryllis • Member Holonyms: ↑Strekelia, ↑genus Strekelia * * * … Useful english dictionary
Jacobean lily — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, of the amaryllis family, native to Mexico, bearing a large, bright red flower. Also called Aztec lily. [1745 55; allegedly named after St. James (LL Jacobus); see JACOBEAN] * * * … Universalium
Jacobean lily — Pānānā … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Jacobean — Jacobaean lily Jac o*b[ae] an lil y [See {Jacobean}.] (Bot.) A bulbous plant ({Amaryllis formosissima} syn. {Sprekelia formosissima}) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also {Jacobean}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Aztec lily — noun Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower • Syn: ↑Jacobean lily, ↑Strekelia formosissima • Hypernyms: ↑amaryllis • Member Holonyms: ↑Strekelia, ↑genus Strekelia * * * … Useful english dictionary
Aztec lily. — See Jacobean lily. * * * … Universalium
saint-james's-lily — |jāmz(ə̇z)| noun Usage: usually capitalized S&J Etymology: probably after St. James the Greater, one of Jesus s twelve apostles : jacobean lily … Useful english dictionary
Aztec lily. — See Jacobean lily … Useful english dictionary
Jacobaean lily — Jac o*b[ae] an lil y [See {Jacobean}.] (Bot.) A bulbous plant ({Amaryllis formosissima} syn. {Sprekelia formosissima}) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also {Jacobean}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amaryllidaceae — Taxobox name = Amaryllidaceae image width = 230px image caption = Nerine sarniensis regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Amaryllidaceae familia authority = J.St. Hil. subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
