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CYPERUS ESCULENTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyperus esculentus mean?
• CYPERUS ESCULENTUS (noun)
The noun CYPERUS ESCULENTUS has 1 sense:
1. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Familiarity information: CYPERUS ESCULENTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chufa; Cyperus esculentus; earth almond; ground almond; rush nut; yellow nutgrass
Hypernyms ("Cyperus esculentus" 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 esculentus" is a member of...):
Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)
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