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XYRIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers

Synonyms:

genus Xyris; Xyris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Xyris" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Xyris"):

yellow-eyed grass (any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States)

Holonyms ("Xyris" is a member of...):

family Xyridaceae; Xyridaceae; yellow-eyed grass family (plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places)

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