Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cyperus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cyperus \Cyp"e*rus\ (s?p"?-r?s), n. [NL., from Gr. ???? sedge.]
(Bot.)
A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and
including the species called galingale, several bulrushes,
and the Egyptian papyrus.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cyperus
n : type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs;
cosmopolitan except very cold regions [syn: {Cyperus}, {genus
Cyperus}]
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