alstroemeria
See also: alstroeméria
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌælstɹɨˈmiːɹi.ə/
Noun
alstroemeria (countable and uncountable, plural alstroemerias)
- Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
- 2007 February 20, Ellen Barry, “Eagerness and Some Resignation as Civil Union Law Takes Effect”, in New York Times:
- Now they were doing it again: Waiting, with a bouquet of alstroemeria and purple tulips, for Asbury Park’s deputy city clerk, D. Kiki Tomek, to take their application for a civil union in New Jersey .
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Translations
any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
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