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Eleocharis

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Eleocharis

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyperaceae, ↑family Cyperaceae, ↑sedge family

• Member Meronyms: ↑spike rush

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\\ˌelēˈäkərə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hele-, helos marsh + charis grace, beauty — more at helodes, charisma

: a genus of sedges (family Cyperaceae) with dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths

Useful english dictionary. 2012.