Definitions for daylily

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

day′lil`y(n.)

or day′ lil′y

  1. any lily of the genus Hemerocallis, having short-lived yellow, orange, or red flowers.

    Category: Plants

Origin of daylily:

1590–1600

Princeton's WordNet

  1. day lily, daylily(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. daylily(Noun)

    Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers that bloom for just one day.


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