1. (n.)star grass any of various grasslike plants having star-shaped flowers or a starlike arrangement of leaves, as the NorthAmericanplantHypoxis hirsuta, of the amaryllisfamily.
Etymology: (1680–90)
Definition of 'star grass'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)colicroot, colic root, crow corn, star grass, unicorn root any of several perennials of the genusAletris having grasslike leaves and bitterroots reputed to curecolic
2. (noun)star grass any plant of the genusHypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; NorthAmerica
3. (noun)Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, star grass, Cynodon dactylon trailinggrassnative to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
4. (noun)windmill grass, creeping windmill grass, star grass, Chloris truncata perennialAustralian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill
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