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

star connection, star cut, star drill, star facet, star fruit, star grass, star jasmine, star key, star lily, star map, star network

Example sentences from the Web for star grass

  • The whole was thatched with star-grass or sea-reed, blackened with smoke and moisture.

    Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) |John Roby

  • 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

  • Star-grass, queries Pitcairn; but is it not rather fox-tree—fox-glove?

    Witch Stories |E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

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