Nutgrass

noun

1. See Cyperus.
2. 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.
3. A perennial sedge, Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers
4. a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
5. a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers