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SCIRPUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
Synonyms:
genus Scirpus; Scirpus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scirpus" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Scirpus"):
hardstem bulrush; hardstemmed bulrush; Scirpus acutus (widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems)
Scirpus cyperinus; wool grass (sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets)
Holonyms ("Scirpus" is a member of...):
Cyperaceae; family Cyperaceae; sedge family (bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant)