| NOUN | plant | Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge | African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves |
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| Meaning | African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves. | |
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| Synonyms | umbrella plant, umbrella sedge | |
| Member of | Cyperus, genus Cyperus | type genus of Cyperaceae |
| Broader | sedge | grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers |
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