XYRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xyris mean? 

• XYRIS (noun)
  The noun XYRIS has 1 sense:

1. chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: XYRIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XYRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Xyris; Xyris

Hypernyms ("Xyris" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Xyris"):

yellow-eyed grass (any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States)

Holonyms ("Xyris" is a member of...):

family Xyridaceae; Xyridaceae; yellow-eyed grass family (plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places)