Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crinum \Cri"num\ (kr[imac]"n[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kri`non
   lily.] (Bot.)
   A genus of bulbous plants, of the order {Amaryllidace[ae]},
   cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.