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Definition of Family Cyperaceae
1. Noun. Bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Graminales, Order Graminales
Member holonyms: Sedge, Carex, Genus Carex, Eriophorum, Genus Eriophorum, Genus Scirpus, Scirpus, Eleocharis, Genus Eleocharis
Specialized synonyms: Cyperus, Genus Cyperus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Cyperaceae
Literary usage of Family Cyperaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"... whose reference to the family Cyperaceae seems justified, but which cannot be
satisfactorily compared with any of the existing genera of that family. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Annual Conference by Indiana Science Teachers' Association, American Society of University Composers (1899)
"... the flower Gramineae: GRASS FAMILY. Cyperaceae: sedge family DICOTYLEDONS
Topic 4 Dicotyledons with distinct petals, flowers in catkins or aments, ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"Two families. The grass family (Gramineae), the grasses and grains. The sedge
family (Cyperaceae), the sedges. 1193. ..."
4. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"... on the contrary, both Cyperaceae and Gramineae constitute independent branches
of a no longer existing ancestral stock. family Cyperaceae. ..."
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