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UMBRELLA SEDGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("umbrella sedge" 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 ("umbrella sedge" is a member of...):
Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)
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