star grass

/stɑr græs/

Definitions of star grass

1. noun

   any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America
   types:

   American star grass, Hypoxis hirsuta

   perennial star grass of North America

   type of:

   cormous plant

   plant growing from a corm
2. noun

   any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
   synonyms: colic root, colicroot, crow corn, unicorn root

   types:

   Aletris farinosa, ague grass, ague root

   colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States

   Aletris aurea, yellow colicroot

   colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States

   type of:

   liliaceous plant

   plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
3. noun

   trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
   synonyms: Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass

   type of:

   grass

   narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
4. noun

   perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill
   synonyms: Chloris truncata, creeping windmill grass, windmill grass

   type of:

   finger grass

   any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils