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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

plant, flora, plant life go
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

vascular plant, tracheophyte go
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant go
a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant go
a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land

sedge
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers

noun.plant

11 Subcategories

umbrella plant, umbrella sedge, Cyperus alternifolius go
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
chufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus go
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
galingale, galangal, Cyperus longus go
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrus go
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
nutgrass, nut grass, nutsedge, nut sedge, Cyperus rotundus go
a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
sand sedge, sand reed, Carex arenaria go
European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States
cypress sedge, Carex pseudocyperus go
tufted sedge of temperate regions
cotton grass, cotton rush go
any sedge of the genus Eriophorum
hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush, Scirpus acutus go
widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
wool grass, Scirpus cyperinus go
sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
spike rush go
a sedge of the genus Eleocharis