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HARDSTEMMED BULRUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hardstemmed bulrush mean?
• HARDSTEMMED BULRUSH (noun)
The noun HARDSTEMMED BULRUSH has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
Familiarity information: HARDSTEMMED BULRUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hardstem bulrush; hardstemmed bulrush; Scirpus acutus
Hypernyms ("hardstemmed bulrush" 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 ("hardstemmed bulrush" is a member of...):
genus Scirpus; Scirpus (rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs)
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