HyperDic: xerophyllum_tenax

English > 1 sense of the expression Xerophyllum tenax:
NOUNplantXerophyllum tenax, squaw grass, bear grassplant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
English > Xerophyllum tenax: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers.
Synonymssquaw grass, bear grass
Member ofXerophyllum, genus Xerophyllumsmall genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves
Broaderliliaceous plantplant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

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