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GENUS SCIRPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scirpus mean?
• GENUS SCIRPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS SCIRPUS has 1 sense:
1. rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
Familiarity information: GENUS SCIRPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Scirpus; Scirpus
Hypernyms ("genus Scirpus" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Scirpus"):
hardstem bulrush; hardstemmed bulrush; Scirpus acutus (widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems)
Scirpus cyperinus; wool grass (sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets)
Holonyms ("genus Scirpus" is a member of...):
Cyperaceae; family Cyperaceae; sedge family (bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant)
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