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GENUS XEROPHYLLUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Synonyms:
genus Xerophyllum; Xerophyllum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Xerophyllum" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "genus Xerophyllum"):
bear grass; squaw grass; Xerophyllum tenax (plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Xerophyllum" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
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