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LILYTURF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lilyturf mean?
• LILYTURF (noun)
The noun LILYTURF has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
Familiarity information: LILYTURF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("lilyturf" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Holonyms ("lilyturf" is a member of...):
genus Liriope; Liriope (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf)
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