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Anthericum

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Anthericum

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family

• Member Meronyms: ↑Saint-Bernard's-lily, ↑Anthericum liliago, ↑amber lily, ↑Anthericum torreyi

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\\anˈtherə̇kəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek antherikos asphodel; akin to Greek athēr beard of grain — more at atheroma

: a genus of mainly African plants (family Liliaceae) with rootstocks like tubers, narrow leaves, and racemes of small white flowers with a rotate perianth

Useful english dictionary. 2012.