XEROPHYLLUM

• XEROPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun XEROPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

  Familiarity information: XEROPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.

• XEROPHYLLUM (noun)

Meaning:

Small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Xerophyllum; Xerophyllum

Hypernyms ("Xerophyllum" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Xerophyllum"):

bear grass; squaw grass; Xerophyllum tenax (plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers)

Holonyms ("Xerophyllum" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)