HyperDic: sedge_family

English > 1 sense of the expression sedge family:
NOUNplantsedge family, Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceaebulrush
English > sedge family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningbulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant.
SynonymsCyperaceae, family Cyperaceae
Member ofGraminales, order Graminalesgrasses
MembersCarex, genus Carexlarge genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins
Eleocharis, genus Eleocharissedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
Eriophorum, genus Eriophorumcotton grass
Scirpus, genus Scirpusrhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
sedgegrasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
NarrowerCyperus, genus Cyperustype genus of Cyperaceae
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishciperáceas, cyperaceas, familia cyperaceas, familia juncias
CatalanCyperaceae

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