star grass

Noun

• perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill

• trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India

• any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America

• any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  windmill grass , creeping windmill grass , Chloris truncata , Bermuda grass , devil grass , Bahama grass , kweek , doob , scutch grass , Cynodon dactylon , colicroot , colic root , crow corn , unicorn root