genus Scirpus

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genus Scirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbsScirpusliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedCyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella planthardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush, Scirpus acutus - widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stemsScirpus cyperinus, wool grass - sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets