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CYPERUS LONGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyperus longus mean?
• CYPERUS LONGUS (noun)
The noun CYPERUS LONGUS has 1 sense:
1. European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
Familiarity information: CYPERUS LONGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cyperus longus; galangal; galingale
Hypernyms ("Cyperus longus" 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 longus" is a member of...):
Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)
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