ANTHERICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthericum mean? 

• ANTHERICUM (noun)
  The noun ANTHERICUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ANTHERICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHERICUM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anthericum; genus Anthericum

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)