Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of monocotyledonous plants, of the natural order Liliaceæ, tribe Hemerocalleæ, chiefly distinguished by its erect flowers, and by having the tube of the funnelshaped perianth shorter than the spreading lobes, and the 6 stamens inserted in the throat of the tube.
- noun A plant of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Any member of the
genus Hemerocallis ofdaylilies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She smiled her way through "facetious" and didn't hesitate as she worked her way through "hemerocallis" - another word for a day lily.
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At work, we are an “Open Garden” this weekend for the mid-Atlantic daylily convention, so there should be some hemerocallis-heads wandering around.
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The asiatic lilies will lead the procession of trumpet shaped flowers, followed by the daylilies, hemerocallis.
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Shown above is the roadside daylily, hemerocallis fulva, in the midst of feather reed grass, calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerester’.
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Strong and stout, this daylily, hemerocallis ‘Matthew Martin’ from another local daylily farm, Sunshine Hollow, has very thick petals with a slight ruffled edge.
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New last year from nearby Champion Daylilies in Knoxville,hemerocallis ‘ Bela Lugosi’, was added to the just begun Black Garden area, renamed from the lavender field.
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The hemerocallis, crocosmias and heleniums are 'on fire' at the moment.
Archive 2007-08-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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The hemerocallis, crocosmias and heleniums are 'on fire' at the moment.
FMD Update Glyn Davies 2007
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They started out about three feet from each other, but the hemerocallis spreads so quickly that now they form a mass that is almost impossible to break apart.
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Another very poor combination that is in my garden, much to my sorrow, is hemerocallis and siberica iris.
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