genus hippeastrum

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   bulbous flowering plants of tropical America

   Broaderliliid monocot genus

   Part ofAmaryllidaceae

Questions about genus hippeastrum

What does genus hippeastrum mean?

genus hippeastrum means "bulbous flowering plants of tropical America".

Is genus hippeastrum a common word?

genus hippeastrum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.