1.genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lilylike flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae.
有类似百合的花的一个多年生块茎草本属；产于墨西哥；有时归入石蒜科植物的一个科。
2.a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lilylike waxy white flowers.
墨西哥的一种有块茎的草本植物，叶是草质的，花极香、蜡白色、类似小百合花，栽培以供观赏。