xyris

English Thesaurus

1. chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	yellow-eyed grass,
definition	:	any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family xyridaceae, xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family,
definition	:	plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places (noun.plant)