xerophyllum : Idioms & Phrases


genus xerophyllum

  • noun small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
    Xerophyllum.
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xerophyllum tenax

  • noun plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
    squaw grass; bear grass.
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