XEROPHYLLUM TENAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xerophyllum tenax mean? 

• XEROPHYLLUM TENAX (noun)
  The noun XEROPHYLLUM TENAX has 1 sense:

1. plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

  Familiarity information: XEROPHYLLUM TENAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XEROPHYLLUM TENAX (noun)

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Meaning:

Plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bear grass; squaw grass; Xerophyllum tenax

Hypernyms ("Xerophyllum tenax" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Holonyms ("Xerophyllum tenax" is a member of...):

genus Xerophyllum; Xerophyllum (small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)