noun
any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States
• Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant
• Hyponyms: ↑tall yellow-eye, ↑Xyris operculata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Xyris, ↑genus Xyris
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ : a plant of the genus Xyris; especially : any of several such plants of the pine barrens of the southern United States
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yellow-eyed grass noun
Any plant of the genus Xyris, growing abundantly in the pine-barrens of the southern USA
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Main Entry: ↑yellow
Useful english dictionary. 2012.