sedge vs umbrella sedge

umbrella sedge vs sedge

sedge and umbrella sedge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sedge	Yes	No	No	No
umbrella sedge	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, umbrella sedge is a hyponym of sedge; that is, umbrella sedge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sedge:

sedge: grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
umbrella sedge: African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

Other hyponyms of sedge include Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, chufa, Cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass, Cyperus longus, galangal, galingale, Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus, Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge, Carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge, Carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge, cotton grass, cotton rush, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush, Scirpus acutus, Scirpus cyperinus, wool grass, spike rush.

sedge (noun)	umbrella sedge (noun)
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers	African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

Difference between sedge and umbrella sedge

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