genus eleocharis

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   sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths

   SynonymsEleocharis

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofCyperaceae

Questions about genus eleocharis

What does genus eleocharis mean?

genus eleocharis means "sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths".

What is another word for genus eleocharis?

Close synonyms include Eleocharis. 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 genus eleocharis a common word?

genus eleocharis 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.