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Xyris

Xyris Meaning & Definition
Xyris Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Xyris?

[n] chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Xyris: genus Xyris

Related Terms | Find terms related to Xyris:

See Also | family Xyridaceae | liliopsid genus | monocot genus | Xyridaceae | yellow-eyed grass | yellow-eyed grass family

Xyris In Webster's Dictionary

\Xy"ris\, n. [L., a kind of Iris, Gr. ?, fr. ? a razor.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.

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