deer-grassn. species of Rhexia (family Melastomaceæ).
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1866 J. Lindley & T. MooreTreasury Bot. II. 972/2 Low perennial often bristly herbs, commonly called Deer-grass, or Meadow-beauty, [with] large showy cymose flowers.