alkali grass
Noun 1. plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers (synonym) Zigadenus elegans (hypernym) death camas, zigadene (member-holonym) Zigadenus, genus Zigadenus | ||||
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alleviated adj : (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear [syn: eased, relieved]
alkali grass
alleviated adj : (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear [syn: eased, relieved]
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Zigadenus
The Deathcamases or Star Lilies are the genus Zigadenus of flowering plants. Placed by older authors in the family Liliaceae, they are now regarded by modern taxonomy (for example the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group) as members of the family Melanthiaceae.
Deathcamases are perennial plants growing from a bulb or rhizome. In most cases they have long narrow leaves that grow from the base of the plant. The flowers are bisexual; they have six petals and are radially symmetrical, and in the best known species are white or yellowish-white. Members of the genus are found in North America and Asia,
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