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Definition of Sedge family
1. Noun. Bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant.
Exact synonyms: Cyperaceae, Family Cyperaceae
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Graminales, Order Graminales
Member holonyms: Sedge, Carex, Genus Carex, Eriophorum, Genus Eriophorum, Genus Scirpus, Scirpus, Eleocharis, Genus Eleocharis
Specialized synonyms: Cyperus, Genus Cyperus
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Graminales, Order Graminales
Member holonyms: Sedge, Carex, Genus Carex, Eriophorum, Genus Eriophorum, Genus Scirpus, Scirpus, Eleocharis, Genus Eleocharis
Specialized synonyms: Cyperus, Genus Cyperus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedge Family
Literary usage of Sedge family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(sedge family.) Grass-like or rash-like herbs, with fibrous roots, mostly solid
stems, closed sheaths, and spiked chiefly 3-androus flowers, one in the axil ..."
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