star grass

Noun
  1. Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic (synset 112450703)
    is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
    subtypes:
    belongs to: aletris, genus aletris - small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
    same as: colic root, colicroot, crow corn, unicorn root
  2. Any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa;
    Australia;
    Southern Asia;
    North America (synset 112443716)
    is a type of: cormous plant - plant growing from a corm
    subtypes: american star grass, hypoxis hirsuta - perennial star grass of North America
    belongs to: 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
  3. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions;
    Used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India (synset 112136265)
    is a type of: grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
    belongs to: cynodon, genus cynodon - creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa
    same as: bahama grass, bermuda grass, cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass
  4. Perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill (synset 112135287)
    is a type of: finger grass - any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
    same as: chloris truncata, creeping windmill grass, windmill grass

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