Xerophyllum xerophthalmy • xerophyte · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · Xerophyllum · · Text Latin · · Script 11 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae. Synonyms: genus Xerophyllum. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · X latin capital letter x U+0058 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 u latin small letter u U+0075 y latin small letter y U+0079