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Cape tulip — noun spectacular 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; South Africa • Syn: ↑Haemanthus coccineus • Hypernyms: ↑blood lily • Member… … Useful english dictionary
Cape tulip — /keɪp ˈtjuləp/ (say kayp tyoohluhp) noun either of two perennial iridaceous herbs, of the genus Homeria, of southern Africa, originally cultivated in Australia for their flowers, but now growing wild and regarded as troublesome, poisonous weeds …
tulip — /ˈtjuləp / (say tyoohluhp) noun 1. any of the plants constituting the genus, Tulipa, cultivated in many varieties, and having large, showy, usually erect, cup shaped or bell shaped flowers of various colours. 2. a flower or bulb of such a plant.… …
Homeria — ID 40822 Symbol Key HOMER Common Name Cape tulip Family Iridaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A … USDA Plant Characteristics
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Robert Sweet (botanist) — Robert Sweet (1783–20 January 1835) was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a… … Wikipedia
amaryllis family — the plant family Amaryllidaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having alternate or basal lance shaped leaves, bulbs or corms, and showy, lilylike flowers and including the amaryllis, daffodil, onion and its relatives, and snowdrop. * * * Family… … Universalium
Amaryllidaceae — ▪ plant family family of perennial herbs in the flowering plant order Asparagales (Liliales), containing 59 genera and at least 800 species, distributed primarily in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Members of the family have… … Universalium
Homeria collina (Thunb.) Salisb. — Symbol HOCO6 Common Name Cape tulip Botanical Family Iridaceae … Scientific plant list
