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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Characterized like Xyris; belonging to the Xyrideæ (Xyridaceæ).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Xyrideæ) of endogenous plants, of which Xyris is the type.

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  • adjective Belonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.

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