xerophyllum: small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
liliid monocot genus: genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
sheep-tick: parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete