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Webster 1913 Edition
Amaryllis
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Amˊa-ryl′lis
,Noun.
[L.
Amaryllis
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], the name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.] 1.
A pastoral sweetheart.
To sport with
Amaryllis
in the shade. Milton.
2.
(bot.)
(a)
A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.
(b)
A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amaryllis
AMARYL'LIS
,Noun.
In botany, lily-daffodil, a genus of liliaceous plants of several species, which are cultivated in gardens for the beauty of their flowers.