"xyrid" meaning in English

See xyrid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzaɪɹɪd/ Forms: xyrids [plural]
Etymology: Latin xyris (“iris”) (see Xyris) + -id. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|xyris||iris}} Latin xyris (“iris”), {{taxfmt|Xyris|genus}} Xyris, {{af|en|-id}} -id Head templates: {{en-noun}} xyrid (plural xyrids)
  1. Any of several North American plants, of the genus Xyris, resembling sedges. Categories (lifeform): Commelinids

Inflected forms

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