noun
small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
• Syn: ↑Xerophyllum
• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family
• Member Meronyms: ↑squaw grass, ↑bear grass, ↑Xerophyllum tenax
Useful english dictionary. 2012.