Definition of Scleria. Meaning of Scleria. Synonyms of Scleria

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Scleria scindens
--> 2. (Zo["o]l.) A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryph[ae]na novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. Razor grinder (Zo["o]l.), the European goat-sucker. Razor shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, & Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razor fish, knife handle. Razor stone. Same as Novaculite. Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.
Scleriasis
Scleriasis Scle*ri"a*sis, n. [NL., fr. gr. ?.] (Med.) (a) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid. (b) Induration of any part, including scleroderma.

Meaning of Scleria from wikipedia

- Scleria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as nutrushes. They are distributed throughout the tropics...
- Scleria robinsoniana is a plant in the nutrush genus Scleria of the sedge family Cyperaceae. Scleria robinsoniana grows naturally in Guinea, Sierra Leone...
- Scleria sumatrensis, commonly known as nutrush and Sumatran scleria, is a plant species in the sedge family. It is native to temperate and tropical Asia...
- Scleria mackaviensis is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a tufted sedge. Scleria mackaviensis has green spikelets. The plant flowers in spring...
- Scleria vogelii is a stout perennial plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It grows naturally from western to central Africa in savanna and swampy forests...
- nutrush Scleria bambariensis Cherm. Scleria bancana Miq. – winged scleria Scleria baroni-clarkei De Wild. Scleria baronii C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. Scleria barteri...
- Scleria bracteata, the bracted nutrush, is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a perennial climber. Scleria bracteata grows widely in Mexico...
- Scleria pauciflora, known as few-flowered nutrush, papillose nut-sedge, and Carolina-whipgr****, is a plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae) native to...
- Scleria amazonica is a plant species native to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela. Scleria amazonica is a perennial herb spreading by means of...
- Scleria terrestris is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, the sedges. It is native to much of Asia and Australia, where it is widespread...