Definition of "aletris" []

• A genus of plants, natural order Hemodoraceæ, natives of the eastern United States, chiefly from New Jersey southward. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But I believe as soon as the flower is advanced the new bulbs may be seen on dissection, nor does the annual increase of the size of the root of cyclamen and of aletris capensis militate against this annual renewal of them, since the leaf - bulbs or off-sets, as described above, are increased in size as they are annually renewed."