Bot. [a. L. amaryllid- stem of AMARYLLIS.] A plant of the same order as the genus Amaryllis; an amaryllidaceous plant.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 260. Amaryllids show themselves in countless numbers in Brazil.
1880. S. Hibberd in N. & Q., Ser. VI. I. 412/2. The daffodils of the garden are amaryllids; and between these and lily-worts there is a world of difference.