NOUN | plant | Anthericum torreyi, amber lily | plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | amber lily | |
Member of | Anthericum, genus Anthericum | genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs |
Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
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