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    CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Cyperus alternifolius; umbrella plant; umbrella sedge

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Cyperus alternifolius" is a kind of...):

    sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)

    Holonyms ("Cyperus alternifolius" is a member of...):

    Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)

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