单词 | star grass |
释义 | star grass (once / 1074483 pages) n WORD FAMILY star grass USAGE EXAMPLESAlready the sapphire star grass is hiding in the meadows. Storm, Marian, Minstrel Weather(2012) 1n any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America Hypo|Hyper American star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta perennial star grass of North America cormous plant plant growing from a corm 2n any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic Syn|Hypo|Hyper colic root, colicroot, crow corn, unicorn root Aletris farinosa, ague grass, ague root colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States Aletris aurea, yellow colicrootcolicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States liliaceous plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber 3n trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India Syn|Hyper Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass grass narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay 4n perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill Syn|Hyper Chloris truncata, creeping windmill grass, windmill grass finger grass any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils |
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