Haemanthus

noun

Hae·​man·​thus

hēˈman(t)thəs

: a genus of African bulbous herbs (family Amaryllidaceae) comprising the blood lilies and having flowers in a dense head with a whorl of colored spathes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hem- + -anthus; from the color of some of the flowers

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