Xerophyllum

noun

Xe·​ro·​phyl·​lum

ˌzirəˈfiləm

: a small genus of tall North American herbs (family Liliaceae) having thick woody rootstocks, simple stems with rough-edged linear leaves, and small white flowers in a dense terminal raceme see sour grass, squaw grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from xer- + -phyllum

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