sedge family

1. Bulrush;
   Chufa;
   Cotton grass;
   Papyrus;
   Umbrella plant (synset 112170268)
   is a type of: liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
   subtypes: cyperus, genus cyperus - type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions
   member holonym:

   • sedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
   • carex, genus carex - large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges
   • eriophorum, genus eriophorum - cotton grass
   • genus scirpus, scirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
   • eleocharis, genus eleocharis - sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
   belongs to: graminales, order graminales - grasses; sedges; rushes
   same as: cyperaceae, family cyperaceae

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