NOUN
- large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae
How To Use Bomarea In A Sentence
- The members of subgen. Bomarea s.str. have an inferior ovary and a dehiscent capsule.
- People who are sensitive to alstroemeria often have an allergic reaction to other plants, particularly the climbing plant bomarea; dioscorea hispida (intoxicating yam); erythronium EHow - Health How To's
- Unlike other Liliales, these vines produce their flowers in spherical clusters called umbels, as in the picture of Bomarea at the top of this page.
