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Star grass   /stɑr græs/   Listen
Star grass

noun
1.
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.
2.
Any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America.
3.
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.
4.
Perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill.  Synonyms: Chloris truncata, creeping windmill grass, windmill grass.



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... "Yellow star grass," said the Professor, "with which to make a nest. They never mate until the last of June, or first part of July. The tiny, little robbers ate up nearly all my sunflower seeds in ...
— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas


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