HyperDic: umbrella_sedge

English > 1 sense of the expression umbrella sedge:
NOUNplantumbrella sedge, umbrella plant, Cyperus alternifoliusAfrican sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
English > umbrella sedge: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAfrican sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves.
Synonymsumbrella plant, Cyperus alternifolius
Member ofCyperus, genus Cyperustype genus of Cyperaceae
Broadersedgegrasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers

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