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]