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Hemerocallis
[ hem-er-uh-kal-is ]
noun
- the genus comprising the day lilies.
hemerocallis
/ ˌhɛmərəʊˈkælɪs /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hemerocallis1
1615–25; < New Latin < Greek hēmerokallís, equivalent to hēméra day + kállos beauty
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hemerocallis1
from Greek hemera day + kallos beautiful
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Example Sentences
This day lily (hemerocallis fulva) is sister to the familiar and showy lemon lily of old gardens (hemerocallis flava).
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Another very poor combination that is in my garden, much to my sorrow, is hemerocallis and siberica iris.
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Day Lily is a name applied also to species of Hemerocallis, which are yellow-flowered lilies.
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Hemerocallis fulva and flava, interchanging by bud-variation, i. 386.
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