CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS

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Meaning:

African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

Synonyms:

Cyperus alternifolius; umbrella plant; umbrella sedge

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cyperus alternifolius" is a kind of...):

sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)

Holonyms ("Cyperus alternifolius" is a member of...):

Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)