Meanings
nounalstroemeria (countable and uncountable, plural alstroemerias)
plural alstroemerias
- countableuncountableAny member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
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 .
2007 February 20, Ellen Barry, “Eagerness and Some Resignation as Civil Union Law Takes Effect”, in New York Times
Origin
- taxonomic nameAlstroemeria
- Englishalstroemeria
Borrowed from taxonomic name Alstroemeria.
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch incalelie, alstroemeria
- incalelieany member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
- alstroemeriaany member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
Portuguese alstroeméria
- alstroemériaany member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
Russian альстрёмерия
- альстрёмерия (alʹstrjómerija)any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
Spanish astromelia, lirio de los Incas
- astromeliaany member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
- lirio de los Incasany member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
- lirio del Perúany member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants
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APA
alstroemeria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alstroemeria
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“alstroemeria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alstroemeria. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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