HyperDic English XER ... Xerophyllum tenax

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

EnglishXerophyllum tenax: 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	squaw grass, bear grass
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

HyperDicEnglishXER ... Xerophyllum tenax