Lexic.us

Definition of Day lily

1. Noun. Any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover.

2. Noun. Any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day.

Definition of Day lily

1. Noun. (alternative form of daylily) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Day lily

1. 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. A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Day Lily

day count convention day for night day game day hospital day in, day out day in and day out day in day out day in the sun day jessamine day job

day labor day laborer day laborers day labourer day late, dollar short day lily (current term) day neutral plant day nursery day of reckoning day of remembrance

day of rest day of the month day of the week day off day one day or night day out day pack day packs day pupil

Literary usage of Day lily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1838)
"... in a fine flowering state, will be a treat to the lovers of the tribe, not often obtained. ART. II. Observations on the Genus Hemerocallis, or day lily. ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1860)
"The white . pan day lily grows remarkably well in pou ::. is valuable on this account. ... The well kr,>'r- blue African day lily (agapanthus ..."

3. Botany: An Elementary Text for Schools by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"Orange day-lily. Flowers tawny orange, produced in early summer, ... Yellow day-lily. Plant somewhat smaller, early-blooming: flowers fragrant, ..."

4. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"day lily. Two very distinct genera are known by the common name of day lily ... The true day lily {Funkia) is a very beautiful border plant — perfectly ..."

5. New Songs and Ballads. by Nora Perry (1886)
"THE day lily. JUST for a day, for a day I break into bloom, — Just for a day, for a day I shed my perfume. Just for a day, for a day — " Alack and alas, ..."

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