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day·lil·y

or day lily (dā′lĭl′ē)

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. Also called hemerocallis.

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day′lil`y

or day′ lil′y,

any lily of the genus Hemerocallis, having short-lived yellow, orange, or red flowers.

[1590–1600]

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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

day lily

liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

genus Hemerocallis, Hemerocallis - east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae

Hemerocallis flava, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, lemon lily - a day lily with yellow flowers

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