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ANTHERICUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
Synonyms:
Anthericum; genus Anthericum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Anthericum" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "Anthericum"):
Anthericum liliago; Saint-Bernard's-lily (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; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America)
Holonyms ("Anthericum" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
