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star grass - any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America | ||
cormous plant plant growing from a corm | ||
genus hypoxis, hypoxis small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass | ||
star grass - any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic | ||
colicroot, colic root, crow corn, unicorn root | ||
liliaceous plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber | ||
aletris, genus aletris small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae | ||
ague grass, ague root, aletris farinosa colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States | ||
star grass - trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India | ||
Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, Cynodon dactylon | ||
grass German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) | ||
star grass - perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill | ||
windmill grass, creeping windmill grass, Chloris truncata |