HyperDic: genus_cyperus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cyperus:
NOUNplantgenus Cyperus, Cyperustype genus of Cyperaceae
English > genus Cyperus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions.
SynonymCyperus
Memberschufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentusEuropean sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
galingale, galangal, Cyperus longusEuropean sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
nutgrass, nut grass, nutsedge, nut sedge, Cyperus rotundusA widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrustall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
umbrella plant, umbrella sedge, Cyperus alternifoliusAfrican sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
BroaderCyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge familybulrush
monocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishcyperus, genus cyperus
Catalancyperus, genus cyperus

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