NOUN | plant | daylily, day lily | 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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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 | day lily | |
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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