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NUT GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nut grass mean?
• NUT GRASS (noun)
The noun NUT GRASS has 1 sense:
1. a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Familiarity information: NUT GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cyperus rotundus; nut grass; nut sedge; nutgrass; nutsedge
Hypernyms ("nut grass" 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 ("nut grass" is a member of...):
Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)
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