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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of monocotyledonous bulbous plants, belonging to the natural order Amaryllideæ, tribe Amarylleæ, and embracing about 30 species, 5 of which are natives of tropical Africa, and the remainder of southern Africa.
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