Definition of xyris Xyris
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What does xyris mean?
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| xyris - chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers | ||
| genus Xyris | ||
| liliopsid genus, monocot genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed | ||
| family xyridaceae, xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- xyris (n.)
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.
