Etymology

lilyturf

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Today it 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. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.