Definition of Cyperus alternifolius

1. Noun. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves.

Exact synonyms: Umbrella Plant, Umbrella Sedge
Generic synonyms: Sedge
Group relationships: Cyperus, Genus Cyperus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyperus Alternifolius

Cynomys
Cynomys gunnisoni
Cynomys ludovicianus
Cynopterus
Cynopterus sphinx
Cynoscephalae
Cynoscion
Cynoscion nebulosus
Cynoscion regalis
Cynthia
Cynwulf
Cyon
Cyon's nerve
Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus alternifolius (current term)
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus longus
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus rotundus
Cyphomandra
Cypraea
Cypraea moneta
Cypraea tigris
Cypraeidae
Cyprians
Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinus
Cyprinus carpio

Literary usage of Cyperus alternifolius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"In illustration of the second case the germination of Cyperus alternifolius may be quoted. Fig. ... Cyperus alternifolius. Embryo and germination. ..."

2. Water-lilies and how to Grow Them: With Chapters on the Proper Making of by Henry Shoemaker Conard, Henri Hus (1907)
"There is a large kind of umbrella-plant (Cyperus alternifolius) which grows like ... The common little umbrella-plant of our houses (Cyperus alternifolius, ..."

3. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1868)
"... the rare Agave filifera, Cyperus alternifolius, Cycas circinalis, ... Yucca aloifolia var., Dracaena Cooperi, Cyperus alternifolius var., &c.; ..."

4. Biotechnology: Education & Training edited by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Descriptors: cyperus-alternifolius; tissue-culture; teaching-; organogénesis-; explants-; totipotency- 89 NAL Call No.: SB1.H6 A laboratory exercise to ..."

5. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Cyperus alternifolius Schwein, in Keating's Nar. Long's 2d Exp. 2: 381 (1824) not R. Br.. Cyperus speciosus Vahl, Enum. 2 : 364 (1806). ..."

6. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"Hydra, A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 493 (1856). .. Cyperus Schweinitzii Torr. Ann. Lyc. NY 3: 276 (1836). Cyperus alternifolius Schwein. in Keating's Nar. ..."

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