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Hemerocallis

[ hem-er-uh-kal-is ]

noun

  1. the genus comprising the day lilies.


hemerocallis

/ ˌhɛmərəʊˈkælɪs /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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).

Another very poor combination that is in my garden, much to my sorrow, is hemerocallis and siberica iris.

Day Lily is a name applied also to species of Hemerocallis, which are yellow-flowered lilies.

Hemerocallis fulva and flava, interchanging by bud-variation, i. 386.

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