noun
sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
• Syn: ↑Eleocharis
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyperaceae, ↑family Cyperaceae, ↑sedge family
• Member Meronyms: ↑spike rush
Useful english dictionary. 2012.