noun
- Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic.
- synonyms: colicroot, colic root, crow corn, unicorn root
- Any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America.
- Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India.
- synonyms: Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, Cynodon dactylon
- Perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill.
- synonyms: windmill grass, creeping windmill grass, Chloris truncata
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