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lilyturf

lilyturf noun: any of a group of low-growing, grasslike perennials of the genera Liriope and Ophiopogon that are often used in landscaping for ground cover.

Noun

lilyturf (countable and uncountable, plural lilyturfs)

  1. (US) Any of a group of low-growing, grasslike perennials of the genera Liriope and Ophiopogon that are often used in landscaping for ground cover.

Forms of lilyturf

plurallilyturfs

Origin of lilyturf

From lily + turf, a coinage of the 1920s.

Questions about lilyturf

What does lilyturf mean?
Lilyturf means any of a group of low-growing, grasslike perennials of the genera Liriope and Ophiopogon that are often used in landscaping for ground cover.
What part of speech is lilyturf?
Lilyturf is a noun.
What is the plural of lilyturf?
The plural of lilyturf is lilyturfs.

Words near lilyturf in the dictionary

  1. lilylike
  2. lilypad
  3. lilypads
  4. lilypond
  5. lilyponds
  6. lilyturf
  7. lilyturfs
  8. Lilyvale
  9. lilywort
  10. lilyworts
  11. lim

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