Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various perennial plants of the genus Hemerocallis, native to Eurasia and widely cultivated for their large colorful flowers, which remain open for only one day.
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- noun Any of several
perennial plants , of the genusHemerocallis , that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers thatbloom for just one day.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
Etymologies
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Examples
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She plantedthrew the seeds in the bed she calls the daylily farm, all her beds are farms of various sorts, after dumping mushroom compost from the nearby mushroom farm, an actual farm,on a section of land near her garage the first spring after moving in.
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Since the beginning of daylily season every effort has been made to take a representative shot of the flower bed referred to as the daylily hill.
Capturing A Blooming Daylily Hill-Without A Net « Fairegarden 2009
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The daylily is a very early bloomer with a tag of Lemon Lily, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus.
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The view from the deck of what is called the daylily hill is showing the Japanese maple leafing out.
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They are placed in the area of the garden that is referred to as the daylily hill.
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The daylily is the official flower of the City of Hattiesburg.
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Reading about a "daylily bud and petal salad" preceding a "stinging nettle and sea spinach soup" is almost enough to make one yearn for a wedge of iceberg lettuce drenched in Thousand Island dressing.
Gastronomy Aram Bakshian Jr 2010
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Reading about a "daylily bud and petal salad" preceding a "stinging nettle and sea spinach soup" is almost enough to make one yearn for a wedge of iceberg lettuce drenched in Thousand Island dressing.
GASTRONOMY 2010
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The first time you sample any part of a daylily, taste only a small piece and have a friend with you.
Brigitte Mars: Delightful Day Lilies with Brigitte Mars 2010
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Once considered part of the Lily family, the daylily is more correctly placed into the Hemerocallidaceae family because they grow from tuberous, fleshy roots rather than bulbs.
Brigitte Mars: Delightful Day Lilies with Brigitte Mars 2010
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