genus anthericum

Noun
  1. Genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs;
    Sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae (synset 112459905)
    is a type of: liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
    member holonym:
    • anthericum liliago, saint-bernard's-lily - southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
    • amber lily, anthericum torreyi - plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
    belongs to: family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
    same as: anthericum

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