(n)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, Syn.Anthericum torreyi
(n)rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed, Syn.Torrey tree, stinking yew, Torreya taxifolia