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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloodflower \Blood"flow`er\, n. [From the color of the flower.] (Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named {H[ae]manthus}, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of {H. toxicarius} is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Haemanthus n : genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies [syn: {Haemanthus}, {genus Haemanthus}]
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