XYRIS

Xyris, genus Xyris

(noun) chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Xy"ris, n. Etym: [L., a kind of Iris, Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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