n.
1.rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems
2.late-blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
3.African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
Idiom of the Day
get down to the nitty-gritty
to get down to the basic facts
The teacher called us into her office to get down to the nitty-gritty of what had happened earlier.