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hemerocallis(hĕm'ər-ə-kăl'ĭs) |
See day lily.
[New Latin, from Greek hēmerokalles, a kind of lily : hēmera, day + kallos, beauty.]
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hemerocallis
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| Veterinary Dictionary: Hemerocallis |
Plant genus in the family Liliaceae; contains a naphthaquinone (stypandrol) which causes neuropathy and encephalomalacia experimentally but no natural cases have been recorded. Called also day lily.
| WordNet: Hemerocallis |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae
Synonym: genus Hemerocallis
Did you mean: hemerocallis, day lily
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