| Noun | 1. | 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 liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber Anthericum, genus Anthericum - genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae |