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A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.

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  1. n. A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed">yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.
  2. A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed">yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.
  3. A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellowflowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There areabout seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.
  4. n. A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed">yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.