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

Type of: liliid monocot genus

Part of: family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family

Encyclopedia: Xerophyllum