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ˈstar-grass
[star n.1 Cf. star-grass in star n.2]
A name for various grass-like plants with stellate flowers or stellate arrangement of leaves; as Aletris farinosa, Callitriche verna and C. aquatica, Hypoxis erecta, Rhynchospora Vahliana, etc.
1687Clayton Virginia in Phil. Trans. XLI. 158 There is another Root of the Species of Hyacinths, the Leaves whereof are grass-like..and spread like a Star upon the Ground... Some call it Ague-grass, others Ague-root, others Star-grass. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 5 Callitriche verna. Vernal Stargrass. Water Starwort. 1831J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 117 Mealy-star-wort. Star-grass. Aletris farinosa. 1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. 39 The water star-grass, Callitriche aquatica. Ibid. App. 113/2 Hypoxis erecta, (star-grass). 1864Grisebach Flora W. Ind. Islands 788 Star-grass, Rhynchospora Vahliana. 1866Treas. Bot. 35/2 Aletris farinosa, called Colic root and Star grass. |