cyperus : Idioms & Phrases


cyperus alternifolius

  • noun African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
    umbrella sedge; umbrella plant.
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cyperus esculentus

  • noun European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
    chufa; yellow nutgrass; ground almond; rush nut; earth almond.
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cyperus longus

  • noun European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
    galingale; galangal.
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cyperus papyrus

  • noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
    Egyptian paper rush; Egyptian paper reed; papyrus; paper plant; paper rush.
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cyperus rotundus

  • noun a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
    nut sedge; nut grass; nutgrass; nutsedge.
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genus cyperus

  • noun type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions
    Cyperus.
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