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star grass

DEFINITIONS OF: star grass

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n any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America

Types:
American star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta
perennial star grass of North America
Type of:
cormous plant
plant growing from a corm

n any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

Synonyms:
colic root, colicroot, crow corn, unicorn root
Types:
Aletris farinosa, ague grass, ague root
colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
Aletris aurea, yellow colicroot
colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
Type of:
liliaceous plant
plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

n trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India

Synonyms:
Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass
Type of:
grass
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

n perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill

Synonyms:
Chloris truncata, creeping windmill grass, windmill grass
Type of:
finger grass
any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
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