UMBRELLA SEDGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does umbrella sedge mean? • UMBRELLA SEDGE (noun)
The noun UMBRELLA SEDGE has 1 sense:
1. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
Familiarity information: UMBRELLA SEDGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UMBRELLA SEDGE (noun)
Meaning:
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cyperus alternifolius; umbrella sedge; umbrella plant
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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