day lily

Noun
  1. Any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers;
    Used as ground cover (synset 112478276)
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
    belongs to: funka, genus funka, genus hosta, hosta - robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
    same as: plantain lily
  2. Any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day (synset 112477350)
    is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
    subtypes: hemerocallis flava, hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus, lemon lily - a day lily with yellow flowers
    belongs to: genus hemerocallis, hemerocallis - east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae
    same as: daylily

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