'nutgrass' definitions:
Definition of 'nutgrass'
From: WordNet
noun
A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers [syn: nutgrass, nut grass, nutsedge, nut sedge, Cyperus rotundus]
Definition of 'nutgrass'
From: GCIDE
- nutgrass \nut"grass`\, nut grass \nut" grass`\, n.(Bot.), A widely distributed perennial plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, edible, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.
- Syn: nutsedge, nut sedge, Cyperus rotundus. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]