alstroemeria

Other forms: alstroemerias

Definitions of alstroemeria
  1. noun
    any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
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    types:
    Alstroemeria pelegrina, Peruvian lily, lily of the Incas
    an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
    type of:
    liliaceous plant
    plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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