amber lily

1. 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

   SynonymsAnthericum torreyi

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Part ofAnthericum

Questions about amber lily

What does amber lily mean?

amber lily means "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".

What is another word for amber lily?

Close synonyms include Anthericum torreyi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amber lily a common word?

amber lily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.