xyrid

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English

Etymology

From Latin xyris (iris) (see Xyris) + -id.

Pronunciation

Noun

xyrid (plural xyrids)

  1. Any of several North American plants, of the genus Xyris, resembling sedges.
    • 1987, Elizabeth Conebere, Wildflowers of south-eastern Australia, page 48:
      Its family, Xyridaceae, is closely allied to the lilies: xyrids have three stamens, while lilies generally have six.
    • 2013, Paul Wilkin, Early Events in Monocot Evolution, page 318:
      These four subdivisions correspond to groups sometimes referred to as the cyperids, xyrids, restiids and graminids, respectively (Linder and Rudall, 2005), except that Hydatellaceae was originally included among the xyrids, and since has been removed from the monocots (Saarela et al., 2007).

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