star grass

star grass

or star·grass (stär′grăs′)n.1. Any of various plants of the genus Hypoxis, having grasslike leaves and star-shaped, white or yellow flowers.2. See colicroot.

star grass

n (Plants) any of various temperate and tropical plants of the amaryllidaceous genus Hypoxis, having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers

star′ grass`

n. any of various grasslike plants having star-shaped flowers or a starlike arrangement of leaves, as the North American plant Hypoxis hirsuta, of the amaryllis family. [1680–90]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	star grass - any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure coliccolic root, colicroot, crow corn, unicorn rootliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuberAletris, genus Aletris - small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceaeague grass, ague root, Aletris farinosa - colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United StatesAletris aurea, yellow colicroot - colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
	2.	star grass - any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North Americagenus Hypoxis, Hypoxis - small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grassAmerican star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta - perennial star grass of North Americacormous plant - plant growing from a corm
	3.	star grass - trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and IndiaBahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grassgrass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hayCynodon, genus Cynodon - creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa
	4.	star grass - perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmillChloris truncata, creeping windmill grass, windmill grassfinger grass - any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils