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First published 2018

zephyranthesnoun

Botany.
  1. 1821–
    Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Zephyranthes (family Amaryllidaceae), native to the warmer regions of the Americas and widely cultivated as ornamentals, having pink, yellow, or white solitary flowers on slender stalks; a zephyr lily. Also (in form Zephyranthes): the genus itself. Cf. zephyranth n.
    1. 1821
      Zephyranthes.—Occidental Swamp-lily.
      W. Herbert in Botanical Register vol. 7 App. 36
    2. 1891
      With the exception of a single plant—a Zephyranthes, which is apparently different from all the described species—the collection does not appear to include any plants new to science.
      Journal Linnean Society: Botany vol. 27 473
    3. 1938
      Just think of the effects you can achieve—with chionodoxas.., tulips, watsonias, zephyranthes, to touch merely a few high spots in the alphabetical bulb line-up!
      American Home October 21/3
    4. 2003
      One needs to make use of the index to research, for example, all the members of Hymenocallis or Zephyranthes.
      Horticulture March 77/3

zephyranthes, n. was first published in June 2018.

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