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AMARYLLIS
(
La
)
Belladonna(
Wf
) March Lily
Family:
AMARYLLIDACEAE
amo, amare, amans, = to love; -illus, = diminutive. Amaryllis, = adopted by Linnaeus; name of a country-girl in Theocritus, Ovid and Virgil; name of a shepherdess.
(
ld
,
BL
,
Ox
)
Amaryllis belladonna
(
La
,
It
)
March Lily(
Wf
) Belladonna Lily(
PS
) Misblom Misryersblom
Location: (
F
)
bellus, = pretty, handsome, charming, fine, lovely, neat, pleasant, agreeable; donna, = lady.
(
ld
,
Ox
)