
1) Cyperus
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1) Family cyperaceae 2) Liliopsid family 3) Monocot family 4) Sedge family
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The Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera, the largest being the Carex genus of `true sedges` with over 2,000 species. These species are widely distributed, with the centers .....
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sedge family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order Cyperales. The Cyperaceae are grasslike herbaceous plants found especially ... [1 related articles]
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Cyperaceae is the sedge family of plants somewhat resembling grasses, but differing from them in the possession of triangular solid stems, closed leaf sheaths, and no ligules. The inflorescence is a group of spikes of glumes, in the axial of each being three stamens and one carpel.
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[
n] - bulrush
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family Cyperaceae noun bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
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