nutgrass

nut´grass`

n.

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(Bot.) A widely distributed perennial plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, edible, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nutgrass - a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutsedge 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