xerophyllum

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xerophyllum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Xerophyllum \Xe*ro"phyl*lum\, pr. n.
     A small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal
     leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family
     Melanthiaceae.
  
     Syn: genus Xerophyllum.
          [WordNet 1.5]

xerophyllum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Xerophyllum
      n 1: small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal
           leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family
           Melanthiaceae [syn: Xerophyllum, genus Xerophyllum]