day lily

day lily
noun
1. any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
• Syn: ↑plantain lily
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hosta, ↑genus Hosta, ↑Funka, ↑genus Funka
2. any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
• Syn: ↑daylily
• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hemerocallis, ↑genus Hemerocallis

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noun
Etymology: so called from the fact that each blooms for only one day
1.
a. : a plant of the genus Hemerocallis being native to Europe and Asia but cosmopolitan in cultivation and as escapes, having complex tuberous roots and long narrow basal leaves, and bearing short-lived flowers that resemble lilies and are yellow or tawny orange in the wild but under cultivation have developed pinkish and mahogany to purplish forms
b. : the flower of a day lily

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day lily noun
A plant (genus Hemerocallis) whose blossoms last only for a day
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Main Entry: ↑day

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day lily,
1. any one of a genus of plants of the lily family, bearing clusters of large yellow, orange, or sometimes red flowers that last about a day.
2. = plantain lily. (Cf. ↑plantain lily)
3. the flower of any one of these plants.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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