Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus
- noun
- Specialized
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Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus
- She planted Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus along the path for a burst of summer color.
Examples
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Botanists have long admired the fragrance of Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus's yellow flowers.
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Many gardeners choose to grow Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus for its fragrant blooms and hardy nature.
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The garden features several varieties of Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus in bloom each spring.
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The garden is filled with beautiful Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus.
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Are you familiar with Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus?
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The vibrant yellow flowers of Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus attract many pollinators in the summer garden.
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In my backyard, Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus adds a cheerful touch with its bright yellow flowers.
Synonyms
A yellow daylily often grown in gardens
A plant with yellow flowers that smell sweet and bloom in spring
A garden plant like a lily with large showy flowers that open for one day
A garden plant with bright, showy flowers that each open for only one day
Surface Forms
Morphology
Hemerocallis + lilio-asphodelus
This is a Latin botanical binomial: a scientific species name rather than a compositional English phrase. A B1 learner who knows the gloss 'perennial herbs with showy flowers' for Hemerocallis but not the obscure Latin element 'lilio-asphodelus' (not found in the dictionary) cannot derive the specific meaning 'day lily with fragrant yellow flowers' from ordinary English composition patterns. Scientific names are low-frequency, language-specific lexical items that are not transparently interpretable by general learners.
Etymology
Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus comes from old words that describe the flower: the part Hemerocallis points to 'day' and 'beauty', and lilio-asphodelus means 'lily-like', because each bloom opens for about one day and looks like a yellow lily, so the name helps you remember it is a fragrant day-lily.
