cyperaceous

[ sahy-puh-rey-shuhs, sip-uh- ]

adjective

1. belonging to the Cyperaceae, the sedge family of plants.

cyperaceous

/ ˌsaɪpəˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant Compare juncaceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyperaceous¹

1850–55; < New Latin Cypēr ( us ) the typical genus ( Latin: kind of rush < Greek kýpeiros a marsh plant) + -aceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyperaceous¹

C19: from New Latin Cypērus type genus, from Latin cypēros a kind of rush, from Greek kupeiros marsh plant, probably of Semitic origin