cyperus alternifolius

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   African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

   Synonymsumbrella plantumbrella sedge

   Broadersedge

   Part ofCyperus

Questions about cyperus alternifolius

What does cyperus alternifolius mean?

cyperus alternifolius means "African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves".

What is another word for cyperus alternifolius?

Close synonyms include umbrella plant, umbrella sedge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cyperus alternifolius a common word?

cyperus alternifolius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.