Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of two sedges (Cyperus esculentus or C. rotundus) having nutlike tubers, often occurring as weeds in agricultural fields, gardens, and lawns.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The nutgrass, Cyperus rotundus.
  • noun Same as nut-rush.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a widely distributed perennial sedge (Cyperus rotundus) having small edible nutlike tubers; also called nut grass.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US An invasive perennial sedge, of the genus Cyperus, that has edible, nutlike tubers

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
  • noun a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the shape of the tubers.]

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  • The edge of a nut?

    November 9, 2007

  • Prairie Home Companion, 10 November - in the monologue - great reference to this word!

    November 11, 2007