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cy⋅per⋅a⋅ceous

  [sahy-puh-rey-shuhs, sip-uh-]
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–adjective
belonging to the Cyperaceae, the sedge family of plants.
Compare sedge family.

Origin:
1850–55; < NL Cypēr(us) the typical genus (L: kind of rush < Gk kýpeiros a marsh plant) + -aceous
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