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Definition of Nut sedge
1. Noun. A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
Generic synonyms: Sedge
Group relationships: Cyperus, Genus Cyperus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nut Sedge
Literary usage of Nut sedge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"... L. Other English names: nut sedge, Coco Sedge, Coco-grass, Hydra Cyperus.
Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds and by tuber-bearing rootstocks. ..."
2. Class Book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"I'onds and swamps, N. Car. to La. (Hale). A coarse and rank sedge. 17. SCLE'RIA, L.
nut sedge. ..."
3. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"... chromatography of plant extracts and standards, there was less than 5% variation;
nut- sedge plants did not readily metabolize these arsenicals in 72 h. ..."
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