HyperDic: genus_xyris

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Xyris:
NOUNplantgenus Xyris, Xyrischiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
English > genus Xyris: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers.
SynonymXyris
Member ofXyridaceae, family Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass familyplants of tropical to temperate regions
Membersyellow-eyed grassAny of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus xyris, xyris
Catalangenus xyris, xyris

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