xyrid
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪɹɪd/
Noun
xyrid (plural xyrids)
- Any of several North American plants, of the genus Xyris, resembling sedges.
- 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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References
- xyrid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.