Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Crinum, native to warm regions and having strap-shaped leaves and showy umbels of variously colored flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of tall bulbous plants, natural order Amaryllidaceæ, of which there are about 60 species, natives of tropical and subtropical regions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidaceæ, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Grass crinum (Crinum acaule) is found in northern KwaZulu-Natal, mainly on the Maputaland coastal plain.
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Grass crinum (Crinum acaule) is found in northern KwaZulu-Natal, mainly on the Maputaland coastal plain.
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Men do not actually “die of a rose in aromatic pain,” though many may become uncomfortable and fidgety by sniffing delicious wattle-blossom; and one of the crinum lilies owes its specific title, (PESTILENTIS) to the ill effects of its stainless flowers, those who camp in places where the plant is plentiful being apt to be seized with violent sickness.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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On the hill-tops, among rocks gigantic of mould and fantastic of shape, a less known orchid with inconspicuous flowers yields a perfume reminiscent of the violet; the shady places on the flats are showy with giant crinum lilies.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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On returning on board our party brought a great quantity of the bulbous roots of a crinum which grows abundantly among the rocks on Sims 'Island.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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Men do not actually "die of a rose in aromatic pain," though many may become uncomfortable and fidgety by sniffing delicious wattle-blossom; and one of the crinum lilies owes its specific title, (PESTILENTIS) to the ill effects of its stainless flowers, those who camp in places where the plant is plentiful being apt to be seized with violent sickness.
My Tropic Isle 1887
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Some to try are Amazon lily, crinum and agapanthus.
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online By KAREN STAUDERMAN, Volusia County extension agen 2010
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One of the most durable is the crinum pictured above.
SplicedFeed tom maccubbin 2010
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Some to try are Amazon lily, crinum and agapanthus.
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Travancore tortoise, the Indian egg-eating snake, the medicinal tree Purakayastha native to Shillong, the Yakla snow lotus, the Siroi lily - said to be the most beautiful of all lilies, crinum lily, the gamble tree native to Kerala with only 200 trees left in the sacred grove of Aickad, and the red sandalwood tree are endangered or critically endangered.
The Times of India 2010
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