noun
1. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
• Syn: ↑umbrella sedge, ↑Cyperus alternifolius
• Hypernyms: ↑sedge
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyperus, ↑genus Cyperus
2. rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
• Syn: ↑Indian rhubarb, ↑Darmera peltata, ↑Peltiphyllum peltatum
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Darmera, ↑genus Darmera, ↑Peltiphyllum, ↑genus Peltiphyllum
3. late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
• Syn: ↑Eriogonum allenii
• Hypernyms: ↑eriogonum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.