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  Hemerocallis

  noun

  the genus comprising the day lilies.
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  hemerocallis

  noun

  See day lily

Hemerocallis

American  

[hem-er-uh-kal-is] / ˌhɛm ər əˈkæl ɪs /

noun

1. the genus comprising the day lilies.

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hemerocallis British  

/ ˌhɛmərəʊˈkælɪs /

noun

1. See day lily

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Etymology

Origin of Hemerocallis

1615–25; < New Latin < Greek hēmerokallís, equivalent to hēméra day + kállos beauty

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Hemerocallis hemerocallis

I remember puzzling over why a day lily was botanically a Hemerocallis and not a lily at all.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

There are 75,378 different day lilies officially registered with the American Hemerocallis Society.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2014

All this while, meantime, I have a suspicion that my pet Savoy Lily is not, in existing classification, an Anthericum, nor a Hemerocallis, but a Lilium.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

A favorite flower was the yellow garden Lily, the Lemon Lily, Hemerocallis, when it could be kept from spreading.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

The Hemerocallis fulva, from its size, and from the great multiplication of its roots, is best adapted to large gardens and plantations.

From The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 2 or Flower-Garden Displayed by Curtis, William

The book’s intensely colored engravings, based on drawings from life by the self-taught Bury, describe various amaryllis, hemerocallis and lily species with exacting linear precision.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2013

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

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

They started out about three feet from each other, but the hemerocallis spreads so quickly that now they form a mass that is almost impossible to break apart.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.