genus hippeastrum

English Thesaurus

1. bulbous flowering plants of tropical America (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliid monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	hippeastrum, hippeastrum puniceum,
definition	:	amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family, family amaryllidaceae,
definition	:	snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae (noun.plant)