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AMBER LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amber lily mean?
• AMBER LILY (noun)
The noun AMBER LILY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: AMBER LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
amber lily; Anthericum torreyi
Hypernyms ("amber lily" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Holonyms ("amber lily" is a member of...):
Anthericum; genus Anthericum (genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)
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