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sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf

: a genus of stoloniferous scapose grass-leaved herbs (family Liliaceae) with short thick rhizomes and small whitish or blue or violet flowers in racemes or spikes and with a superior ovary — see lilyturf

/leuh ruy"euh pee/, n.

any of several plants belonging to the genus Liriope, of the lily family, having tufted, grasslike leaves and clusters of small bluish or white flowers. Also called lilyturf.

[ < NL (1790), prob. < Gk leíri(on) LILY + -ope, fem. deriv. of -opos having a face or eyes (of the kind specified); cf. L Liriope (Ovid), a fountain nymph]