anthericum (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Anthericum*:
NOUN	plant	Anthericum, genus Anthericum	genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs

English > *Anthericum*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
Synonym	genus Anthericum
Member of	Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family	Includes species sometimes divided among the following families
Members	Saint-Bernard's-lily, Anthericum liliago	southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
Members	amber lily, Anthericum torreyi	plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk
Broader	liliid monocot genus	genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
Spanish	anthericum, genus anthericum
Catalan	anthericum, Anthericum, genus anthericum

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