ALKALI GRASS

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Meaning:

Plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers

Synonyms:

alkali grass; Zigadenus elegans

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("alkali grass" is a kind of...):

death camas; zigadene (any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous)

Holonyms ("alkali grass" is a member of...):

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

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