blood lily

/bləd ˌlɪli/
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Definitions of blood lily
  1. noun
    any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
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    types:
    Cape tulip, Haemanthus coccineus
    spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
    type of:
    bulbous plant
    plant growing from a bulb
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