name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Amaryllis
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌæməˈɹɪlɪs/
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CMU ARPABET: AE2 M ER0 IH1 L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AE2 M ER0 IH1 L IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A belladonna lily (Amaryllis belladonna), native to South Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A similar lily in genus Hippeastrum, such as Hippeastrum puniceum, and cultivars.
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noun
Meaning 4
bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bulbous plant
Narrower terms: belladonna lily, naked lady, Amaryllis belladonna, hippeastrum, Hippeastrum puniceum, Jacobean lily, Aztec lily, Strekelia formosissima
History
Etymology
From Latin Amaryllis.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: amaril·lis — Amaryllis belladonna
- Chinese Mandarin: 孤挺花 (gūtǐnghuā) — Amaryllis belladonna
- Cornish: arlodhes noth — Amaryllis belladonna
- Esperanto: amarilido — Amaryllis belladonna
- Finnish: amaryllis — Amaryllis belladonna
- French: amaryllis — Amaryllis belladonna
- German: Amaryllis — Amaryllis belladonna
- German: Narzissenlilie — Amaryllis belladonna
- Greek: αμαρυλλίδα (amaryllída) — Amaryllis belladonna
- Greek: αμαρυλλίς (amaryllís) — Amaryllis belladonna
- Irish: amairillídí — Amaryllis belladonna
- Italian: amarillide — Amaryllis belladonna
- Japanese: アマリリス — Amaryllis belladonna
- Korean: 아마릴리스 (amarilliseu) — Amaryllis belladonna
- Latin: amaryllis — Amaryllis belladonna
- Macedonian: јатрва (jatrva) — Amaryllis belladonna
- Persian: گل نرگس — Amaryllis belladonna
- Polish: amarylis — Amaryllis belladonna
- Portuguese: amarílis — Amaryllis belladonna
- Romanian: amarilis — Amaryllis belladonna
- Russian: амари́ллис (amaríllis) — Amaryllis belladonna
- Russian: амари́л (amaríl) — Amaryllis belladonna
- Spanish: amarilis — Amaryllis belladonna
- Swedish: amaryllis — Amaryllis belladonna
- Turkish: nergis zambağı — Amaryllis belladonna
- Finnish: ritarinkukka — lily in the genus Hippeastrum
- German: Ritterstern — lily in the genus Hippeastrum