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‖ Cyperus Bot.|saɪˈpɪərəs, ˈsaɪpərəs|
[L. cypērus, -os, a kind of rush, a. Gr. κύπειρος, κύπερος (Herod.), an aromatic marsh-plant.]
A large genus of endogenous plants, giving its name to the family Cyperaceæ. About 700 species are described; C. longus is the Sweet Cyperus, or English Galingale, having aromatic and astringent roots.
1597Gerarde Herbal i. ix. (1633) 13 Cyperus Grasse hath roots somewhat like Cyperus. 1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv, Why Fenny waters afford the hottest and sweetest plants as Calamus, Cyperus and Crowfoot. 1837Howitt Rur. Life iv. i. (1862) 312 Lo! cyperus decks the ground. |