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cyperaceous

American  
[sahy-puh-rey-shuhs, sip-uh-] / ˌsaɪ pəˈreɪ ʃəs, ˌsɪp ə- /

adjective

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

cyperaceous British  
/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of cyperaceous

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

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