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Star Grass

Definition: Star Grass

Star Grass

Noun

1. Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic.

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.

4. Perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Star Grass

Synonyms: colic root (n), colicroot (n), creeping windmill grass (n), crow corn (n), devil grass (n), doob (n), kweek (n), scutch grass (n), unicorn root (n), windmill grass (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Star Grass

English words defined with "star grass": American star grassgenus HypoxisHypoxis, Hypoxis hirsuta. (references)

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Expressions: Star Grass

Expressions using "star grass": american star grass giant star grass water star grass. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Star Grass

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-r-r-s-s-s-t"

-2 letters: sarsars.

-3 letters: sarsar, strass.

-4 letters: agars, arras, gasts, grass, ragas, sagas, stags, stars, trass, tsars.

-5 letters: agar, agas, arts, gars, gast, gats, grat, raga, rags, rats, saga, sags, sass, stag, star, tags, tars, tass, tsar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Star Grass


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 74 61 72      47 72 61 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01110100 01100001 01110010 00100000 01000111 01110010 01100001 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#116 &#97 &#114 &#32 &#71 &#114 &#97 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0074 0061 0072      0047 0072 0061 0073 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5386678424184678585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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