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umbrella sedge

DEFINITIONS OF: umbrella sedge

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n African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

Synonyms:
Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant
Type of:
sedge
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
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