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. toxicarius} is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.
Haemanthus n : genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies [syn: {genus Haemanthus}]