alstroemeria

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• /ˌælstrɨˈmiːriə/

Noun

alstroemeria (countable and uncountable; plural alstroemerias)

1. Any member of the genus Alstremeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
   • 2007 February 20, Ellen Barry, “Eagerness and Some Resignation as Civil Union Law Takes Effect”, New York Times:

     Now they were doing it again: Waiting, with a bouquet of alstroemeria and purple tulips, for Asbury Park’s deputy city clerk, D. Kiki Tomek, to take their application for a civil union in New Jersey .