cyperus longus

1. 1.

   European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots

   Synonymsgalingalegalangal

   Broadersedge

   Part ofCyperus

Questions about cyperus longus

What does cyperus longus mean?

cyperus longus means "European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots".

What is another word for cyperus longus?

Close synonyms include galingale, galangal. 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 longus a common word?

cyperus longus 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.