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HIPPEASTRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hippeastrum mean?
• HIPPEASTRUM (noun)
The noun HIPPEASTRUM has 1 sense:
1. amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers
Familiarity information: HIPPEASTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hippeastrum; Hippeastrum puniceum
Hypernyms ("hippeastrum" is a kind of...):
amaryllis (bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers)
Holonyms ("hippeastrum" is a member of...):
genus Hippeastrum (bulbous flowering plants of tropical America)
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