grasslike
11beargrass — ☆ beargrass [ber′gras΄ ] n. 1. any of several plants (esp. genera Yucca and Nolina) of the agave family, with a thick tuft of swordlike leaves at the base of a flowering stalk 2. a Western American plant (Xerophyllum tenax) of the lily family,… …
12deathcamas — ☆ deathcamas [dethkam′əs ] n. any of various plants (genus Zigadenus) of the lily family, with grasslike basal leaves and clusters of greenish or white flowers: often poisonous to sheep: also death camass * * * death camas also death camass n.… …
13blue-eyed grass — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Sisyrinchium, of the iris family, having grasslike leaves and small, usually blue, flowers. [1775 85] * * * ▪ plant any of the more than 75 species of Sisyrinchium, native to the Americas and… …
14bulrush — /bool rush /, n. 1. (in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus. 2. any of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha. [1400 50; late ME bulrish papyrus, prob. BULL1 + rish RUSH2] * * * Any of the annual or perennial grasslike plants… …
15grass — grassless, adj. grasslike, adj. grassward, grasswards, adv. adj. /gras, grahs/, n. 1. any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Cf. grass family. 2. such plants collectively, as when… …
16grass tree — any Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, of the lily family, having a stout, woody stem bearing a tuft of long grasslike leaves and a dense flower spike. [1795 1805] * * * ▪ plant any plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea of the family… …
17papyrus — papyral, papyrian /peuh pir ee euhn/, papyrine /peuh puy rin/, adj. papyritious /pap euh rish euhs/, adj. /peuh puy reuhs/, n., pl. papyri / puy ruy, ree/, papyruses. 1. a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the… …
18sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit …
19Cyperaceae — ▪ plant family Introduction sedge family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order Poales. The Cyperaceae are grasslike herbaceous plants found especially in wet regions throughout the world. Distribution and abundance… …
20Poales — ▪ plant order Introduction grass order of flowering plants, containing the grass family ( Poaceae), economically the most important order of plants, with a worldwide distribution in all climates. Poales contains more than 18,000 species of… …
