Akademik

1. any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover

2. any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day

1.

a. : a plant of the genus Hemerocallis being native to Europe and Asia but cosmopolitan in cultivation and as escapes, having complex tuberous roots and long narrow basal leaves, and bearing short-lived flowers that resemble lilies and are yellow or tawny orange in the wild but under cultivation have developed pinkish and mahogany to purplish forms

b. : the flower of a day lily

2. : plantain lily

day lily noun

A plant (genus Hemerocallis) whose blossoms last only for a day

Main Entry: ↑day

day lily,

1. any one of a genus of plants of the lily family, bearing clusters of large yellow, orange, or sometimes red flowers that last about a day.

2. = plantain lily. (Cf. ↑plantain lily)

3. the flower of any one of these plants.