star grass

noun

any of various grasslike plants having star-shaped flowers or a starlike arrangement of leaves, as the North American plant, Hypoxis hirsuta, of the amaryllis family.

Origin of star grass

First recorded in 1680–90

Words Nearby star grass

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How to use star grass in a sentence

Her eyes, blue as the little fairy blossoms of the star-grass now, were breeze blown in the meadow of her gladness.
Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl | Isabel Katherine Hornibrook
The whole was thatched with star-grass or sea-reed, blackened with smoke and moisture.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) | John Roby
Star-grass, queries Pitcairn; but is it not rather fox-tree—fox-glove?
Witch Stories | E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
The rising wind whistled in the prickly star-grass and sea-holly.
The Light of Scarthey | Egerton Castle

British Dictionary definitions for star grass

star grass

noun

any of various temperate and tropical plants of the amaryllidaceous genus Hypoxis, having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers

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