Nutgrass

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nutgrass \nut"grass`\, nut grass \nut" grass`\, n.(Bot.),
     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.


  
     Syn: nutsedge, nut sedge, {Cyperus rotundus}.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nutgrass
       n : a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible
           nutlike tubers [syn: {nut grass}, {nutsedge}, {nut sedge},
            {Cyperus rotundus}]