NOUN | plant | genus Anthericum, Anthericum | genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs |
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Meaning | genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae. | |
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Synonym | 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 |
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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