star grass

star grass

n.

1. Any of various plants of the genus Hypoxis, having grasslike leaves and star-shaped, white or yellow flowers.

2. See colicroot.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	star grass - any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic colic root, colicroot, crow corn, unicorn root liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber Aletris, genus Aletris - small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae ague grass, ague root, Aletris farinosa - colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States Aletris 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 America genus 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 grass American star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta - perennial star grass of North America cormous 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 India 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 Cynodon, 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 windmill 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