| NOUN | plant | day lily, plantain lily | any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers |
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| plant | day lily, daylily | any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day |
| Meaning | Any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover. | |
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| Synonym | plantain lily | |
| Member of | Hosta, genus Hosta, Funka, genus Funka | Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | Any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day. | |
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| Synonym | daylily | |
| Member of | Hemerocallis, genus Hemerocallis | east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks |
| Narrower | lemon lily, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, Hemerocallis flava | A day lily with yellow flowers |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
| Spanish | hemerocallis | |
| Catalan | hemerocal·lis, hemerocallis | |
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