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‖ hemeroˈcallis
[mod.L., ad. L. hemerocalles, Gr. ἡµεροκαλλές a kind of lily, f. Gr. ἡµέρα day + κάλλος beauty, adopted by Linnæus in his Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 128 as the name of a genus.]
A herbaceous perennial plant of the genus so called, belonging to the family Liliaceæ, mostly native to temperate, eastern Asia, and bearing corymbs of yellow or orange, trumpet-shaped, short-lived flowers; a day-lily.
a1656Bp. Hall Wks. (1837–9) VIII. 183 (D.) The hemerocallis is the least esteemed, because one day ends its beauty. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 205 May..Flowers in Prime..yellow Hemerocallis, striped Jacinth, early Bulbous Iris. 1900L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. II. 728/1 The flowers of Funkia are borne in racemes; of Hemerocallis in corymb-like panicles. 1938F. Perry Water Gardening xvi. 271 Hemerocallis have some economic qualities, for in the Orient the flower petals are gathered. 1970Observer 23 Aug. 25/4 In the Orient hemerocallis flowers are often used for food. |