spike rush
English Thesaurus
1. a sedge of the genus Eleocharis (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | sedge, |
| definition | : | grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chinese water chestnut, eleocharis dulcis, water chestnut, |
| definition | : | Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | eleocharis acicularis, hair grass, needle rush, needle spike rush, slender spike rush, |
| definition | : | fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | creeping spike rush, eleocharis palustris, |
| definition | : | cylindrical-stemmed sedge (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | eleocharis, genus eleocharis, |
| definition | : | sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths (noun.plant) |
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