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GENUS HEMEROCALLIS
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I. (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
Synonyms:
genus Hemerocallis; Hemerocallis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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)
