(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:48:38

Cri"num (kr?"n?m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. lily.] Bot.

A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.

 

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