sedge family

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sedge family - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plantCyperaceae, family Cyperaceaeliliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedGraminales, order Graminales - grasses; sedges; rushessedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowersCyperus, genus Cyperus - type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regionsCarex, genus Carex - large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedgesEriophorum, genus Eriophorum - cotton grassgenus Scirpus, Scirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbsEleocharis, genus Eleocharis - sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths