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nut grass
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nut grass has 1 sense
- nut grass(n = noun.plant) cyperus rotundus, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge - a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers; Array is a kind of sedge
is a member of cyperus, genus cyperus
CIDE DICTIONARY
nut grass, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
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