Definitions
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- noun bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
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Examples
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These savannahs, partly inundated during three months, are composed of paspalum, eriochloa, and several species of cyperaceae.
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The roots of another family of monocotyledons (of some cyperaceae) possess also diaphoretic and resolvent properties.
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The pine-apple forms the ornament of the fields near the Havannah, where it is planted in parallel rows; on the sides of the Duida it embellishes the turf of the savannahs, lifting its yellow fruit, crowned with a tuft of silvery leaves, above the setaria, the paspalum, and a few cyperaceae.
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This member of the cyperaceae family displays a number of desirable features: It features a bright gold "stripe" down the edge of each 2-foot-tall green blade, making it an eye-catching specimen.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2011
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The pine-apple forms the ornament of the fields near the Havannah, where it is planted in parallel rows; on the sides of the Duida it embellishes the turf of the savannahs, lifting its yellow fruit, crowned with a tuft of silvery leaves, above the setaria, the paspalum, and a few cyperaceae.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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These savannahs, partly inundated during three months, are composed of paspalum, eriochloa, and several species of cyperaceae.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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(of some cyperaceae) possess also diaphoretic and resolvent properties.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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