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Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
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Cyperus esculentus, chufa, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
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Cyperus longus, galangal, galingale
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
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Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge
a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
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Carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge
European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
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Carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge
tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
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cotton grass, cotton rush
any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
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Scirpus acutus, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush
widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
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Scirpus cyperinus, wool grass
sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
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spike rush
a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
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Eriophorum angustifolium, common cotton grass
having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
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Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis, water chestnut
Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
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Eleocharis acicularis, hair grass, needle rush, needle spike rush, slender spike rush
fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
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Eleocharis palustris, creeping spike rush
cylindrical-stemmed sedge
