nutgrass

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(Bot.) A widely distributed perennial plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, edible, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.

Noun

1.

nutgrass - a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers Synonyms: Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutsedge

Cyperus, Cyperus rotundus, genus Cyperus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutsedge, sedge