a. Bot. [f. Bot.L. Cyperāceæ, f. Cyperus: see -ACEOUS.] Belonging to the Cyperaceæ or Sedges.

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1852.  Th. Ross, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., I. vi. 217. Cyperaceous and gramineous plants.

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  So Cyperoid a., allied in structure to a Cyperus.

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