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LILY TURF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lily turf mean? 

LILY TURF (noun)
  The noun LILY TURF has 1 sense:

1. Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground coverplay

  Familiarity information: LILY TURF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LILY TURF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lily turf; lilyturf; Liriope muscari

Hypernyms ("lily turf" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Holonyms ("lily turf" is a member of...):

genus Liriope; Liriope (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf)


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