day lily
Definition
Noun: 1. A type of perennial flowering plant: A day lily is a plant with tuberous roots, long, narrow, blade-like leaves, and typically produces lily-like flowers. A key characteristic is that each individual flower blooms for only one day. 2. A type of perennial ground cover plant: A day lily can also refer to a plant known for its mounds of broad, sumptuous, ribbed leaves and clusters of flowers in colors like white, blue, or lilac, often used to cover ground in gardens.
Usage Examples
Noun (Common Meaning):
- The day lily in my garden produces a new yellow flower every morning during the summer.
- Because each bloom of a day lily lasts just one day, the plant is constantly producing new ones.
- She planted a row of orange day lilies along the fence.
Noun (Ground Cover Meaning):
- For the shady area, we used a blue-flowering day lily as a low-maintenance ground cover.
- The broad leaves of this particular day lily create a lush, green mound that suppresses weeds.
Advanced Usage
- Horticultural Context: In gardening, "day lily" is often used to describe hardy, adaptable plants that are popular for borders, mass plantings, and erosion control due to their dense root systems.
- Botanical Distinction: While many day lilies have the characteristic short-lived blooms, the term can encompass different species and cultivated hybrids with varying flower forms, colors, and foliage types.
Variants and Related Words
- Daylily (Noun): A common alternative spelling, often written as one word.
- Hemerocallis (Noun): The scientific genus name for most plants commonly called day lilies.
- Perennial (Noun/Adjective): A plant that lives for more than two years, a category which includes day lilies.
Synonyms
- Hemerocallis (Scientific synonym)
- Tawny daylily (A specific common species, )
- Ground cover (For the second definition, describing its function)
Related Phrases
- Reblooming day lily: A cultivated variety that produces more than one flush of flowers in a single growing season.
- Day lily cultivar: A specific variety of day lily that has been selectively bred for particular traits like color, size, or bloom time.
Noun
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any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
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any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
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