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HEMEROCALLIS LILIO-ASPHODELUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus mean?
• HEMEROCALLIS LILIO-ASPHODELUS (noun)
The noun HEMEROCALLIS LILIO-ASPHODELUS has 1 sense:
1. a day lily with yellow flowers
Familiarity information: HEMEROCALLIS LILIO-ASPHODELUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HEMEROCALLIS LILIO-ASPHODELUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A day lily with yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hemerocallis flava; Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus; lemon lily
Hypernyms ("Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus" is a member of...):
genus Hemerocallis; Hemerocallis (east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae)
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