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Scleria
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Translingual
mul
Etymology
mul grc σκληρός hard, stiff, cruel or mul grc σκληρία hardness, in reference to the hard seeds or in reference to the use of bundles of the plant to whip slaves in Surinam.
Proper noun
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genus family Cyperaceae the nutrushes from 1765
Hypernyms
genus ; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Sclerieae tribe - tribe
Hyponyms
genus Scleria flagellum-nigrorum species - type species
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SCLER
taxonomygenus 10955
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mul Sedges