genus Cyperus

noun

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

• Syn: ↑Cyperus

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus, ↑Cyperaceae, ↑family Cyperaceae, ↑sedge family

• Member Meronyms:

↑umbrella plant, ↑umbrella sedge, ↑Cyperus alternifolius, ↑chufa, ↑yellow nutgrass, ↑earth almond, ↑ground almond, ↑rush nut, ↑Cyperus esculentus, ↑galingale, ↑galangal, ↑Cyperus longus, ↑papyrus, ↑Egyptian paper reed, ↑Egyptian paper rush, ↑paper rush, ↑paper plant, ↑Cyperus papyrus, ↑nutgrass, ↑nut grass, ↑nutsedge, ↑nut sedge, ↑Cyperus rotundus