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单词 hemerocallis
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Definition of hemerocallis in English:

hemerocallis

nounˌhɛm(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈkalɪsˌhemərōˈkaləs
  • A plant of a genus that comprises the day lilies.

    Genus Hemerocallis, family Liliaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perennials such as iris or hemerocallis will show a noted decrease in blooms over the years if they are not divided.
    • Dark plums marry with purple sedum and rich pink hemerocallis along one border.
    • Sitting under a rose and clematis arbour in one area, you see through a lunette in a pyracantha hedge to a pond, encircled by lavender, heleniums, hemerocallis, gaillardias and calamintha.
    • In summer, traditional perennials take over, and peonies, irises and hemerocallis fill the flowery brook.
    • Geraniums, phloxes, eupatoriums and hemerocallis are split less often - perhaps every three to four years.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek hēmerokallis 'a lily that flowers for a day', from hēmera 'day' + kallos 'beauty'.

 
 

Definition of hemerocallis in US English:

hemerocallis

nounˌhemərōˈkaləs
  • A plant of a genus that comprises the daylilies.

    Genus Hemerocallis, family Liliaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sitting under a rose and clematis arbour in one area, you see through a lunette in a pyracantha hedge to a pond, encircled by lavender, heleniums, hemerocallis, gaillardias and calamintha.
    • In summer, traditional perennials take over, and peonies, irises and hemerocallis fill the flowery brook.
    • Perennials such as iris or hemerocallis will show a noted decrease in blooms over the years if they are not divided.
    • Dark plums marry with purple sedum and rich pink hemerocallis along one border.
    • Geraniums, phloxes, eupatoriums and hemerocallis are split less often - perhaps every three to four years.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek hēmerokallis ‘a lily that flowers for a day’, from hēmera ‘day’ + kallos ‘beauty’.

 
 
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