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SCIRPUS

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Meaning:

Rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs

Synonyms:

genus Scirpus; Scirpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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