About The Word Xyris
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Xyris
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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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