Scleria

== Translingual == === Etymology === Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard, stiff, cruel”) or Ancient Greek σκληρία (sklēría, “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 === Scleria f A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – the nutrushes. [from 1765] ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Cyperaceae – family; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Sclerieae - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Scleria flagellum-nigrorum - type species === References === Scleria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Scleria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Scleria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Scleria at National Center for Biotechnology Information Scleria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Scleria at USDA Plants database Scleria at Germplasm Resources Information Network Scleria at Tropicos Scleria at The Plant List