Amaryllis (disambiguation)

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Amaryllis is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species.

Amaryllis may also refer to:

People

• Amaryllis Fleming (1925–1999), British cello performer and teacher
• Amaryllis Garnett (1943–1973), English actress
• Amaryllis Knight, co-owner and operator of Falcon Motorcycles
• Amaryllis, a character in Vergil's Eclogues
• Amaryllis, a character in Meredith Willson's The Music Man

In biology

• Amaryllis family, a monocot plant family formally known as Amaryllidaceae
• Amaryllis berteroi, also known as Habranthus robustus
• Schinia amaryllis, a moth of the family Noctuidae
• Hippeastrum, a genus of South American bulbs whose cultivars are commonly sold as "amaryllis"

Music

• Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble, in Boston
• Amaryllis (Marilyn Crispell, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian album), 2000
• Amaryllis, a 2012 album by Shinedown and its title track
• "Amaryllis" (song), by the Japanese band Wink
• Amaryllis, a melody from the 1581 Ballet Comique de la Reine, later popularized by Henry Ghys

Other uses

• Amaryllis (catamaran), a catamaran sailboat by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff launched in 1876
• Amaryllis (given name)
• Amaryllis (restaurant), in Glasgow, Scotland
• Amaryllis (ship), which wrecked on the coast of Palm Beach County, Florida in 1965
• Amaryllis (yacht), built in 2011 by Abeking & Rasmussen
• 1085 Amaryllis, a minor planet orbiting the Sun
• "Amaryllis", an award-nominated short story by Carrie Vaughn

See also

• Amarillo (disambiguation)