hippeastrum

Thân thiện

A bright red hippeastrum blooms in a clay pot on the windowsill.

Definition

Noun: 1. A bulbous plant of the genus Hippeastrum: A plant native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, widely cultivated for its large, showy, trumpet-shaped flowers. It is often grown indoors as a houseplant.

Usage Notes

• "Hippeastrum" is the correct botanical genus name for a group of plants commonly, but incorrectly, called "amaryllis" in gardening and commercial contexts. The true genus is a different plant native to South Africa.
• It is typically used as a countable noun (e.g., , ).
• The term is most common in formal botanical, horticultural, and gardening discussions.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The bright red hippeastrum on the windowsill is finally in bloom.
  • She specializes in cultivating rare hippeastrum hybrids.
  • Many people receive a hippeastrum bulb as a holiday gift.

Advanced Usage

• As a collective term: The plural "hippeastrums" can refer to multiple plants or a collection of them.
  • His greenhouse contains over fifty different hippeastrums.

Variants and Related Words

• Amaryllis (common name): The widespread, though botanically inaccurate, common name for plants of the genus in horticulture.
  • The store was selling "amaryllis" bulbs, which were actually hippeastrums.
• Knight's-star lily: A less common common name for .

Synonyms

• Amaryllis (in common horticultural usage): Note the taxonomic distinction.
• Belladonna lily: This is a synonym for the true , not for , and highlights the common naming confusion.

Different Meanings

• This word has a single, specific botanical meaning as defined above. It does not have idiomatic or phrasal verb uses.

Học thuật

Noun

1. amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hippeastrum puniceum