- Haemanthus toxicarius
- 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[ae]manthus toxicarius} is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.