Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several South American perennial herbs of the genus Alstroemeria, popular as cut flowers for their showy, variously colored blooms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any member of the
genus Alstremeria ofSouth American flowering plants , the Peruvian lilies.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Apart from the glasshouses of alstroemeria plants, hardly any artificial light is visible.
Country diary 2010
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Fairtrade Sunflower Sphere arrangement £30; this incredibly cheering arrangement of sunflowers, two-tone Butler germinis and Set Point alstroemeria guarantees a smile from ear to ear.
Archive 2008-02-01 Thatsnews 2008
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John Lewis Direct has also extended its flowers by post service to include Fairtrade sunflowers, spray roses and alstroemeria.
Archive 2008-02-01 Thatsnews 2008
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Fairtrade Rosy Glow bouquet £35; enjoy this array of blooms including tickled pink Sweet Unique and blush white spray roses, harmonised with the rich berry hues of Valentine alstroemeria and the fresh scent of eucalyptus.
Archive 2008-02-01 Thatsnews 2008
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Fairtrade Scented Peach arrangement £37; evokes the feeling of a wild garden on a sunny afternoon, packed with fragranced Ambiance roses, alstroemeria, gypsphila and Cinderella pink lisianthus.
Archive 2008-02-01 Thatsnews 2008
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The garden is actually getting rather tired as the summer progresses, but I still have yellow loosestrife, some alstroemeria, alchemilla mollis (ladies' mantle), meadow-sweet, astrantia (this year for the first time in more than one colour), red and white valerian, lavender, veronica and butterfly blue scabious.
Weekend pleasures intertext 2005
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Florists, gardeners and flower arrangers are most at risk of developing an allergic response to alstroemeria, though a publication in PubMed states this occurs only in small numbers of florists.
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People who are sensitive to alstroemeria often have an allergic reaction to other plants, particularly the climbing plant bomarea; dioscorea hispida (intoxicating yam); erythronium
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The allergen in alstroemeria is an enzyme called tuliposide, which reaches the skin through newly damaged bulbs and stems of the flower.
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Other hardy varieties include alstroemeria (Peruvian lily), Star of
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