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.
Haemanthus
n : genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood
lilies [syn: {genus Haemanthus}]