'Cyperus' definitions:
Definition of 'Cyperus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions [syn: Cyperus, genus Cyperus]
Definition of 'Cyperus'
From: GCIDE
- Cyperus \Cyp"e*rus\ (s?p"?-r?s), n. [NL., from Gr. ???? sedge.] (Bot.) A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus. [1913 Webster]