Hemerocallis
[ hem-er-uh-kal-is ]
/ ˌhɛm ər əˈkæl ɪs /
noun
the genus comprising the day lilies.
Origin of Hemerocallis
1615–25; < New Latin < Greek
hēmerokallís, equivalent to
hēméra day +
kállos beauty
Example sentences from the Web for hemerocallis
Another very poor combination that is in my garden, much to my sorrow, is hemerocallis and siberica iris.
Day Lily is a name applied also to species of Hemerocallis, which are yellow-flowered lilies.
The Practical Garden-Book |C. E. HunnThis day lily (hemerocallis fulva) is sister to the familiar and showy lemon lily of old gardens (hemerocallis flava).
The Garden, You, and I |Mabel Osgood WrightHemerocallis fulva and flava, interchanging by bud-variation, i. 386.
British Dictionary definitions for hemerocallis
Word Origin for hemerocallis
from Greek
hemera day +
kallos beautiful