Cyperaceae

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Cyperaceae - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant family Cyperaceae, sedge family liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Graminales, order Graminales - grasses; sedges; rushes sedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers Cyperus, genus Cyperus - type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions Carex, genus Carex - large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges Eriophorum, genus Eriophorum - cotton grass genus Scirpus, Scirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs Eleocharis, genus Eleocharis - sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths