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Definition: AMARYLLIDACEOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. An alternative spelling for "Amaryllideous": Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb amaryllidaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(amaryllidaceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective amaryllidaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Amaryllidaceous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)

Definition: AMARYLLIDACEOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. An alternative spelling for "Amaryllideous": Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb amaryllidaceously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(amaryllidaceously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective amaryllidaceous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "AMARYLLIDACEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)