HyperDic: blood_lily

English > 1 sense of the expression blood lily:
NOUNplantblood lilyany of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus
English > blood lily: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia.
Member ofHaemanthus, genus Haemanthusgenus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs
NarrowerCape tulip, Haemanthus coccineusSpectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts
Broaderbulbous plantplant growing from a bulb

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