Xyris

Xyris
noun
chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
• Syn: ↑genus Xyris
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Xyridaceae, ↑family Xyridaceae, ↑yellow-eyed grass family
• Member Meronyms: ↑yellow-eyed grass

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\\ˈzīrə̇s\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, an iris, from Greek
: a large genus (the type of the family Xyridaceae) of chiefly American marsh plants having mostly yellow flowers with three sepals of which the two lateral are small, keeled, and persistent and the other is membranous and spreading — see yellow-eyed grass

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Xyris /zīˈris/
noun
A genus of sedge-like plants, usu with yellow flowers, of the family Xyridaceae /zir-i-dāˈsi-ē/ and order Xyridales /-dāˈlēz/
ORIGIN: Gr xyris a kind of iris
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xyridāˈceous /-shəs/ adjective
Of the Xyridaceae

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