Hemerocallis
noun
the genus comprising the day lilies.
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Hemerocallis
American
[hem-er-uh-kal-is]
/ ˌhɛm ər əˈkæl ɪs /
noun
hemerocallis
British
/ ˌhɛmərəʊˈkælɪs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Hemerocallis
1615–25; < New Latin < Greek hēmerokallís, equivalent to hēméra day + kállos beauty
Example Sentences
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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
Hemerocallis fulva and flava, interchanging by bud-variation, i.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
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
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