ANTHERICUM TORREYI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthericum torreyi mean? 

• ANTHERICUM TORREYI (noun)
  The noun ANTHERICUM TORREYI 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: ANTHERICUM TORREYI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHERICUM TORREYI (noun)

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

amber lily; Anthericum torreyi

Hypernyms ("Anthericum torreyi" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Holonyms ("Anthericum torreyi" is a member of...):

Anthericum; genus Anthericum (genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)