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| galangal |
any of various plants of the sedge family that have aromatic roots. [1/2 definitions] |
| glume |
one of two bracts on a spikelet of grass or sedge. |
| niggerhead |
(outdated; offensive) a mounded clump of vegetation formed by roots and sedges, usually found in swamps and in the tundra; sedge hummock; tussock. |
| tussock |
a clump, tuft, or bunch of growing grass, sedge, or the like. |
| water chestnut |
an Asian sedge with erect cylindrical leaves, or the succulent edible submerged tuber of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |
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