genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant

African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots

tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots

tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers