liriope
liriope noun: any of the plants of the genus Liriope used as a groundcover in landscaping and gardening.
Noun
liriope (countable and uncountable, plural liriopes)
- Any of the plants of the genus Liriope used as a groundcover in landscaping and gardening
- […] neighbors often stop in summer to admire the lushness of the Japanese lilies and the lavender spires of the liriope.2007 March 25, Emily Brady, “Snipping a Vine and Sowing Dismay”, in New York Times
Proper noun capitalized: Liriope
Liriope
- A Boeotian naiad (nymph) of Thespiae, said to be the mother of Narcissus.
- If it’s been a while since you’ve read it, the story, in Ovid’s telling, goes like this: Narcissus is born gorgeous, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope.2026 March 29, Ezra Klein, “I Saw Something New in San Francisco”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
liriope meaning in Tamil
liriope in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Forms of liriope
| plural | liriopes |
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Origin of liriope
From the genus name.
Questions about liriope
- What does liriope mean?
- Liriope means any of the plants of the genus Liriope used as a groundcover in landscaping and gardening.
- What is liriope in Tamil?
- Liriope in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Liriope meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is liriope?
- Liriope can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of liriope?
- The plural of liriope is liriopes.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: liriope (page history and authors); Liriope (page history and authors); liriope (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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