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 callednut grass .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US An
invasive perennial sedge , of the genusCyperus , that has edible, nutliketubers
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
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Examples
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Some of the nut-size tubers are not only tasty but are also a way to control weeds, such as nutsedge, and to grow food crops almost year-round.
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Even a “weed” nutsedge would be pretty on your blog…
October Bloom Day-New Friends And Old-Blog Action Day 2009 « Fairegarden 2009
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The stimulation of nutsedge tuber sprouting with ethylene.
Chapter 14 1987
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Tuber composition in yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) and variants.
Chapter 14 1987
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A few weeds like nutsedge (nutgrass) belong to neither category, but are sedges, all of which have triangular stems.
Chapter 10 1981
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Go ahead and lay it on the clover, since it is harder to kill, and while you can spray any nutsedge or watergrass that may be growing in your yard, the Weed B Gone likely won't even phase it.
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Plantains, some nutsedge, and blue fescue that's in really rough shape.
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Another product, Nutgrass 'Nihilator by Monterey may also be effective; it is labeled to kill yellow nutsedge (rather than purple nutsedge) which is found throughout California.
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Hoe or pull nutsedge when it's young and still small -- when plants have fewer than five leaves or are less than 6 inches tall.
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Flexstar GT also offers pre-emergence activity on more than 25 broadleaf weeds including Palmer amaranth, pigweed, ragweed and yellow nutsedge.
yarb commented on the word nutsedge
The edge of a nut?
November 9, 2007
peregrina commented on the word nutsedge
Prairie Home Companion, 10 November - in the monologue - great reference to this word!
November 11, 2007