Found 2 items, similar to star grass.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: star grass star grass n 1: any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic [syn: colicroot, colic root, crow corn, unicorn root ] 2: any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America 3: trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India [syn: Bermuda grass, devil grass , Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, Cynodon dactylon ] 4: perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill [syn: windmill grass , creeping windmill grass, Chloris truncata]
English → English (gcide) Definition: star grass Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Blazing star. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to Cham[ae]lirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa ; and Aletris farinosa, called also colicroot and star grass. [1913 Webster] Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root. [1913 Webster]