| NOUN | plant | genus Hemerocallis, Hemerocallis | east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks |
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| Meaning | east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae. | |
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| Synonym | Hemerocallis | |
| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
| Members | 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 |
| lemon lily, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, Hemerocallis flava | A day lily with yellow flowers | |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | genus hemerocallis, hemerocallis | |
| Catalan | genus hemerocallis, hemerocallis, Hemerocal·lis, Hemerocallis | |
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