Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the order Irideæ, type of the tribe Sisyrinchieæ and of the subtribe Eusisyrinchieæ.
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- noun chiefly North American grasslike herbs
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This plant's genus name refers to another Iridaceae genus, Moraea sisyrinchium, in the way the corm tunics resemble a shaggy coat (in Greek, sisyra).
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Find 4-inch pots of sisyrinchium species at Cal Flora Nursery (calfloranursery. com),
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_sisyrinchium_, or blue-eyed grass, is a pretty little flower of an azure blue, with golden spot at the base of each petal; the leaves are flat, stiff, and flag-like; this pretty flower grows in tufts on light sandy soils.
The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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In the case of sisyrinchium, the category would be "plants that could be a grass or an iris for
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