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bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant

↑sedge, ↑Carex, ↑genus Carex, ↑Eriophorum, ↑genus Eriophorum, ↑Scirpus, ↑genus Scirpus, ↑Eleocharis, ↑genus Eleocharis

the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.

sedge family,

a large group of monocotyledonous herbs resembling grasses but having solid, three-sided stems and small, inconspicuous flowers usually in spikes or heads. The family includes the sedge, papyrus, chufa, and bulrush.