| NOUN | plant | star grass, colicroot, colic root, crow corn, unicorn root | any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic |
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| plant | star grass | any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers | |
| plant | star grass, Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, Cynodon dactylon | trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions | |
| plant | star grass, windmill grass, creeping windmill grass, Chloris truncata | perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill |
| Meaning | Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic. | |
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| Synonyms | colicroot, colic root, crow corn, unicorn root | |
| Member of | Aletris, genus Aletris | small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia |
| Narrower | ague root, ague grass, Aletris farinosa | colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers |
| yellow colicroot, Aletris aurea | colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers | |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
| Meaning | Any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America. | |
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| Member of | Hypoxis, genus Hypoxis | small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk |
| Narrower | American star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta | perennial star grass of North America |
| Broader | cormous plant | plant growing from a corm |
| Meaning | Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India. | |
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| Synonyms | Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, Cynodon dactylon | |
| Member of | Cynodon, genus Cynodon | Creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa |
| Broader | grass | Narrow-leaved green herbage |
| Spanish | grama | |
| Catalan | Cynodon dactylon | |
| Meaning | perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill. | |
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| Synonyms | windmill grass, creeping windmill grass, Chloris truncata | |
| Broader | finger grass | Any grass of the genus Chloris |
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