deergrass

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deergrass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deergrass \Deer"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
     An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with
     opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple),
     with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the
     order Melastomace[ae] inhabiting a temperate clime.
     [1913 Webster]