eucharis

noun

1. A type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.

   “But sometimes they are gentle and soft like the dew on the lips of the eucharis Before the sun comes warm with his lover's kiss, You are sea-foam, pure with the star's loveliness, Not mortal, a flower, a fairy, too fair for the beauty-shorn earth, All wonderful things, all beautiful things, gave of their wealth to your birth: O I love you so much, not recking of passion, that I feel it is wrong, But men will love you, flower, fairy, non-mortal spirit burdened with flesh, Forever, life-long.”

   “As a cut bloom, the Christmas Rose vies with the eucharis and pancratium.”