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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of Mexican bulbous liliaceous plants, consisting of a single species, B. elegans, frequently cultivated. Its showy crimson flowers are borne in a terminal umbel.

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  • noun small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae

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