ALKALI GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkali grass mean? 

• ALKALI GRASS (noun)
  The noun ALKALI GRASS has 1 sense:

1. plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers

  Familiarity information: ALKALI GRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALI GRASS (noun)

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Meaning:

Plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alkali grass; Zigadenus elegans

Hypernyms ("alkali grass" is a kind of...):

death camas; zigadene (any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous)

Holonyms ("alkali grass" is a member of...):

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)