Xyris

noun

Xy·​ris

ˈzīrə̇s

: a large genus (the type of the family Xyridaceae) of chiefly American marsh plants having mostly yellow flowers with three sepals of which the two lateral are small, keeled, and persistent and the other is membranous and spreading see yellow-eyed grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, an iris, from Gk

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