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

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

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

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