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/ˌælstɹiˈmiːɹɪ.ə/ · noun
Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies..
Now they were doing it again: Waiting, with a bouquet of alstroemeria and purple tulips, for Asbury Park’s deputy city clerk, D. Kiki Tomek, to take their application for a civil union in New Jersey .
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Alstroemeria means Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies..
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Now they were doing it again: Waiting, with a bouquet of alstroemeria and purple tulips, for Asbury Park’s deputy city clerk, D. Kiki Tomek, to take their application for a civil union in New Jersey .
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