Search Result for "day lily":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover;
[syn: plantain lily, day 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;
[syn: day lily, daylily]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

day lily \day" lil`y\, daylily \day"lil`y\(l[i^]l`[y^]). (Bot.) (a) any plant of a genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers, which often bloom for only one day. (b) A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers. [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

day lily n 1: any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover [syn: plantain lily, day 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 [syn: day lily, daylily]