"cyperus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cyperuses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Cyperus. Further from Latin cypērus and Ancient Greek κύπειρος (kúpeiros). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Cyperus}} translingual Cyperus, {{der|en|la|cypērus}} Latin cypērus, {{der|en|grc|κύπειρος}} Ancient Greek κύπειρος (kúpeiros) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cyperus (plural cyperuses)
  1. Any sedge of genus Cyperus. Synonyms: flatsedge, gallingale Related terms: Cyperus Translations (Cyperus sp.): κύπειρος (kúpeiros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), κύπειρον (kúpeiron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ζέρνᾰ (zérnă) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سُعْد (suʕd) [masculine] (Arabic), سعد [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), topalaq (Azerbaijani), 莎草 (so¹ cou²) (Chinese Cantonese), 莎草 (suōcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), патанпаш (pat̬anp̬aš) (Chuvash), šáchor [masculine] (Czech), cypergras [neuter] (Dutch), თავნასკვი (tavnasḳvi) (Georgian), κύπειρος (kýpeiros) [masculine] (Greek), גּוֹמֶא (góme) [masculine] (Hebrew), құйық (qūiyq) (Kazakh), 방동사니 (bangdongsani) (Korean), cypērus [masculine] (Latin), cibora [feminine] (Polish), сыть (sytʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ципе́рус (cipérus) [masculine] (Russian), පං (paṁ) (Sinhalese), сми́кавець (smýkavecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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