nut grass
noun
: a perennial sedge (Cyperus rotundus) of wide distribution that has slender rootstocks bearing small edible tubers resembling nuts
also
: a related sedge (C. esculentus)
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Bermudagrass and yellow nutsedge or nut grass are the most common perennials, which come back year after year without intervention.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
Publishing their findings this month in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the team describes finding residues of oil, fat and beeswax—all of which would have been scentless bases for perfumes with fragrant ingredients like juniper berries and nut grass.
—Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022
In 2020, The Perfume Library launched Earthshine, a blend of the sedgy nagarmotha, or nut grass, mimosa, and the androgynous maulshree.
—Rachna Sachasinh, National Geographic, 4 Jan. 2021
One of Kent’s clients had a nut grass infestation after creating a California-friendly garden of native and drought-tolerant plants.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
Publishing their findings this month in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the team describes finding residues of oil, fat and beeswax—all of which would have been scentless bases for perfumes with fragrant ingredients like juniper berries and nut grass.
—Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022
In 2020, The Perfume Library launched Earthshine, a blend of the sedgy nagarmotha, or nut grass, mimosa, and the androgynous maulshree.
—Rachna Sachasinh, National Geographic, 4 Jan. 2021
One of Kent’s clients had a nut grass infestation after creating a California-friendly garden of native and drought-tolerant plants.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
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