Meaning of XYRIS
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| | Definition: | | [n] chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Xyris |
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| | See Also: | | family Xyridaceae, liliopsid genus, monocot genus, Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass, yellow-eyed grass family | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Xy"ris\, n. [L., a kind of Iris, Gr. ?, fr. ? a razor.]
(Bot.)
A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small
yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed
grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic
United States.
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