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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 stemsplay

  Familiarity information: HARDSTEMMED BULRUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HARDSTEMMED BULRUSH (noun)


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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