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Scirpus

noun

rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs

• Syn: ↑genus Scirpus

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyperaceae, ↑family Cyperaceae, ↑sedge family

• Member Meronyms: ↑hardstem bulrush, ↑hardstemmed bulrush, ↑Scirpus acutus, ↑wool grass, ↑Scirpus cyperinus

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\\ˈs(k)ərpəs, ˈskir-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, rush, bulrush

: a large genus of widely distributed annual or perennial sedges (family Cyperaceae) that bear solitary or much-clustered spikelets containing perfect flowers with a perianth of six bristles — see bulrush, tule

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Scirpus /sûrˈpəs/

noun

The clubrush genus of the sedge family

ORIGIN: L, a rush

Useful english dictionary. 2012.