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AMBER LILY
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
amber lily; Anthericum torreyi
Classified under:
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)