star grass

noun

1. trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India

• Syn:

↑Bermuda grass, ↑devil grass, ↑Bahama grass, ↑kweek, ↑doob, ↑scutch grass, ↑Cynodon dactylon

• Hypernyms: ↑grass

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cynodon, ↑genus Cynodon

2. perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill

• Syn: ↑windmill grass, ↑creeping windmill grass, ↑Chloris truncata

• Hypernyms: ↑finger grass

3. any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

• Syn: ↑colicroot, ↑colic root, ↑crow corn, ↑unicorn root

• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant

• Hyponyms: ↑ague root, ↑ague grass, ↑Aletris farinosa, ↑yellow colicroot, ↑Aletris aurea

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aletris, ↑genus Aletris

4. any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America

• Hypernyms: ↑cormous plant

• Hyponyms: ↑American star grass, ↑Hypoxis hirsuta

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hypoxis, ↑genus Hypoxis

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noun

Etymology: star (I) + grass

1. : an herb of the genus Hypoxis

2. : colicroot 1

3. : blue-eyed grass

4. : water starwort

5. Australia : windmill grass

6. : any of several grasses of the genus Cynodon; especially : giant star grass

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any of various grasslike plants having star-shaped flowers or a starlike arrangement of leaves, as the North American plant, Hypoxis hirsuta, of the amaryllis family.

[1680-90]

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star grass noun

A name for many grasslike plants with star-shaped flowers or leaf arrangement (see also ↑star²)

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Main Entry: ↑star

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star grass,

any one of several grasslike plants with star-shaped flowers or a starlike arrangement of leaves, especially: a) any one of a group of herbs of the amaryllis family. b) = colicroot. (Cf. ↑colicroot)