| the plant family Amaryllidaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having alternate or basal lance-shaped leaves, bulbs or corms, and showy, lilylike flowers and including the amaryllis, daffodil, onion and its relatives, and snowdrop. |
| amaryllis family | |
noun | |
| snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae [syn: Amaryllidaceae] |