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    XYRIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Xyris; Xyris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Xyris" is a kind of...):

    liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

    Meronyms (members of "Xyris"):

    yellow-eyed grass (any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States)

    Holonyms ("Xyris" is a member of...):

    family Xyridaceae; Xyridaceae; yellow-eyed grass family (plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places)

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