SISYRINCHIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sisyrinchium mean? 

• SISYRINCHIUM (noun)
  The noun SISYRINCHIUM has 1 sense:

1. chiefly North American grasslike herbs

  Familiarity information: SISYRINCHIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SISYRINCHIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly North American grasslike herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sisyrinchium; Sisyrinchium

Hypernyms ("Sisyrinchium" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Sisyrinchium"):

blue-eyed grass (plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers)

Holonyms ("Sisyrinchium" is a member of...):

family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)