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Xyris (gcide) | Xyris \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.
[1913 Webster] Xyst |
xyris (wn) | Xyris
n 1: chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow
flowers [syn: Xyris, genus Xyris] |
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Xyris (gcide) | Xyris \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.
[1913 Webster] Xyst |
genus xyris (wn) | genus Xyris
n 1: chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow
flowers [syn: Xyris, genus Xyris] |
xyris operculata (wn) | Xyris operculata
n 1: of Australia [syn: tall yellow-eye, Xyris operculata] |
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