day lily

noun

1. any widely cultivated Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Hemerocallis , having large yellow, orange, or red lily-like flowers, which typically last for only one day and are immediately succeeded by others
2. the flower of any of these plants

Example Sentences

This was the "Lady Washington," and much resembled a snowy day-lily with an odor of tuberoses.

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The perfume shall be that of a pansy or a day-lily, as you prefer.

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Hemerocallide, day-lily tribe; bulbous plants, with a tubular perianth.

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