genus cyperus
Noun
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Type genus of Cyperaceae;
Grasslike rhizomatous herbs;
Cosmopolitan except very cold regions (synset 112170964)is a type of:- liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
- cyperaceae, family cyperaceae, sedge family - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
member holonym:- cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge - African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
- chufa, cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass - European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
- cyperus longus, galangal, galingale - European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
- cyperus papyrus, egyptian paper reed, egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus - tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
- cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge - a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
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