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Definition of: cyperaceous
(sī′pə·rā′shəs, sip′ə-) adjective Bot.
Designating a family (Cyperaceae) of glasslike or rushlike monocotyledonous herbs, the sedge family, with solid stems and closed sheaths. [<NL Cyperaceae, the sedge family <Gk. kypeiros sedge)
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