HEMEROCALLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hemerocallis mean? 

• HEMEROCALLIS (noun)
  The noun HEMEROCALLIS has 1 sense:

1. east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae

  Familiarity information: HEMEROCALLIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMEROCALLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hemerocallis; Hemerocallis

Hypernyms ("Hemerocallis" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Hemerocallis"):

day lily; daylily (any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day)

Hemerocallis flava; Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus; lemon lily (a day lily with yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Hemerocallis" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)