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Meaning of "day lily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DAY LILY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAY LILY

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Day lily is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DAY LILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

day lily

Daylily

Daylily is the common name for plants of the genus Hemerocallis /ˌhɛmɨroʊˈkælɪs/. Daylily cultivar flowers are highly diverse in colour and form, as a result of hybridization efforts of gardening enthusiasts and professional horticulturalists. Thousands of registered cultivars are appreciated and studied by local and international Hemerocallis societies. Hemerocallis is now placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, and formerly was part of Liliaceae.

Definition of day lily in the English dictionary

The definition of day lily in the dictionary is any widely cultivated Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Hemerocallis, having large yellow, orange, or red lily-like flowers, which typically last for only one day and are immediately succeeded by others. Other definition of day lily is the flower of any of these plants.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DAY LILY

day boarder
day boy
day by day
day case
day girl
day hospital
day in, day out
day job
day labourer
day letter
day name
day nurse
day nursery
Day of Atonement
day of judgement
Day of Judgment
day of reckoning
day of rest
day off
day one

WORDS THAT END LIKE DAY LILY

African lily
arum lily
blackberry lily
calla lily
Easter lily
fawn lily
gild the lily
glory lily
lily
Madonna lily
mariposa lily
Mount Cook lily
Peruvian lily
plantain lily
pond lily
sea lily
sword lily
tiger lily
water lily
white water lily
yellow water lily

Synonyms and antonyms of day lily in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «day lily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DAY LILY

Find out the translation of day lily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of day lily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «day lily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黄花菜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lirio de día
570 millions of speakers

English

day lily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिन लिली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زنبق اليوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

день лилии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lírio de dia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিন লিলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lis du jour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lily hari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tageslilie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デイリリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일 백합
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lily dina
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây hoa hiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாள் லில்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिवसाची कमळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gün zambağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giglio di giorno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Liliowiec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

день лілії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zi crin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημέρα κρίνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

daglelie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dag lilja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dag lilje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of day lily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DAY LILY»

The term «day lily» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DAY LILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «day lily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «day lily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about day lily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAY LILY»

Discover the use of day lily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to day lily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Project Day Lily
A fictionalized account of the events surrounding the "Gulf War Syndrome" suffered by over 150,000 veterans.
Garth L Nicolson, 2005
2
Edible & Medicinal Flowers
DAY LILY Hemerocallis species nphe Chinese first cultivated the day lily for both L food and medicine thousands of years ago. By the twelfth century it had been introduced to the New World, where it became established in the gardens of the ...
‎2000
3
Lily and the Paper Man
At first, Lily is afraid of the paper man whom she sees on the way home from school, but when winter comes and she sees that he has no warm clothes, she tells her mother and father that she has an idea.
Rebecca Upjohn, 2007
4
Library Lily
From the day her mother introduces her to the library, Lily wants to spend all of her time reading until she meets Milly, who hates reading but loves adventure.
Gillian Shields, 2011
5
Mercy Lily
While navigating first love, friendship, and other typical worries faced by high school sophomores, Lily must make an excruciating decision when her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, asks for Lily's help in ending her life.
Lisa Rondinelli Albert, 2011
6
Catch of the Day
Kellan Murphy is a successful car dealer in Chicago, but he isn't happy with his life.
Lily Sawyer, 2011
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Prancing, Dancing Lily
Lily will someday be the "bell cow," leading her herd, but because her prancing and dancing only disrupts their order, she travels the world looking for the right place and dance for her.
Marsha Diane Arnold, 2004
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Roadside Plants and Flowers: A Traveler's Guide to the ...
JUNE-AUGUST Day Lily — Hemerocallis fulva JUNE-JULY Wood Lily — Lilium philadelphicum JULY-AUGUST Turk's Cap — L michiganense JUNE-AUGUST Tiger Lily— L lancifolium Several different orange lilies are roadside or ...
Marian S. Edsall, 1985
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The Garden Magazine
SOME OF THEM CAN NOW BE USED FOR WILD GARDEN EFFECTS ON A GREAT SCALE Part of a big colony of the ovate-leaved day lily at Croton, N. Y.. where it has " self-sowed " for many years The Gorgeous Newly Discovered Tulips— ...
10
Garden and Home Builder
m new u w :1 EZ.\'\.YI is “."r. to what is below them. A clay soil does not worry them a great deal. So too the yellow Day Lilies can find sufficient sustenance in an adamantine soil. The old Tawny Day Lily (Hemerocallis fulva) will stay with you ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAY LILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term day lily is used in the context of the following news items.
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Diddlebury garden to open as part of National Gardens Scheme
... to 5pm, admission is £4 for adults and is free for children. Afternoon teas will be served and there will be the chance to try a cooked day lily. «Ludlow Advertiser, Jul 15»
2
Pickers can have a 'berry' good time at Floral Acres
Floral Acres used to be a place where Campi would cross pollinate and grow day lilies for the Day Lily Society, but she eventually stopped ... «The Exponent Telegram, Jul 15»
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Review: The World Before Us by Aislinn Hunter
... keeper at the Natural History Museum – as well as Lily's father, a man Jane has not seen since the day Lily flitted away into the woods. «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
4
William and Mary researchers study milkweed to help save monarch …
The milkweed plant might not have the visual appeal of a day lily or an iris, they said, but homeowners might consider adding some to their ... «Daily Press, Jul 15»
5
Home and garden events
Day Lily Garden Tour: Free driving tour of six gardens, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 18. Information: (262) 835-4235; or email sue23ski@yahoo.com. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
6
Effective ways to deal with pesky mosquitoes
Back to last night: The day lily garden looked a mess, so I waded into it, weeding. I pulled a bunch of excess weeds and started slapping at my ... «Quad City Times, Jun 15»
7
Blossoms of red, white and blue can add fireworks to your yard
For red flowers, consider cardinal flower, coneflower, day lily and hibiscus. For white blooms, try Asiatic or Oriental lilies, daisies and phlox. «Columbus Dispatch, Jun 15»
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Birds, bees mature in early summer
Orange flowers are trumpet creeper vine, wood lily and day lily. IMG_0103. Chickory (Photo: Shanan Smiley/For the Poughkeepsie Journal). «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jun 15»
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The Amazingly Varied Day Lily
You can even reserve a name for a day lily you hope to create – maybe someone will breed a Making It Grow day lily – I'm guessing it will be in ... «South Carolina ETV Radio, Jun 15»
10
The days of lilies
Though there are many buds on each scape of the day lily, each bloom will appear early one morning between late April and late June, and ... «The Daily Statesman, Jun 15»

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