bloodflower
English
noun
Definitions
- Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
- A species of milkweed () with blood-red petals, native to the Central and South American tropics
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek αἷμα (blood), ἄνθος (flower, sprout, blossom).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄνθος
Gloss
flower, sprout, blossom
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
花
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -aemia English
- -anth English
- haemal English
- hemoglobin English
- hemolysis English
- Haemonia Latin
- anthus Latin
- globus Latin
- haematobius Latin
- haematologia Latin
- -ämie German
- anto- Italian
- ematoide Italian
- hémato- French
- hémoglobine French
- -emia Spanish, Castilian
- hemartros Spanish, Castilian
- Κλεάνθης Ancient Greek
- Τιμάνθης Ancient Greek
- αἱμάτινος Ancient Greek
- αἱματόεις Ancient Greek
- αἱμοφόβος Ancient Greek
- αἵμων Ancient Greek
- αἷμα Ancient Greek
- μελάνθιον Ancient Greek
- μηνάνθος Ancient Greek
- στρόφος Ancient Greek
- ἀναίμων Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόσαιμον Ancient Greek
- ἀνθέω Ancient Greek
- ἀνθίας Ancient Greek
- ἀνθολογία Ancient Greek
- ἄκανθα Ancient Greek
- ἄκανθος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθινος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθος Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδοκίδης Ancient Greek
- *say- Proto-Indo-European
- -emia Portuguese
- anto- Portuguese
- antó- Irish
- άνθος Greek (modern)
- αίμα Greek (modern)
- *ántʰos Proto-Hellenic