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AMARYLLIS
(
La
)
Belladonna, March Lily (
Wf
)
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, Misblom, Misryersblom (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
P
)
bellus, = pretty, handsome, charming, fine, lovely, neat, pleasant, agreeable;
donna, = lady.
(
ld
,
Ox
)