squaw_grass (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *squaw grass*:
NOUN	plant	squaw grass, bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax	plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

English > *squaw grass*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers.
Synonyms	bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax
Member of	Xerophyllum, genus Xerophyllum	small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves
Broader	liliaceous plant	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

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