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n. - A widely distributed perennial having small edible tubers.

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  • Some of the nut-size tubers are not only tasty but are also a way to control weeds, such as nutsedge, and to grow food crops almost year-round.
  • The stimulation of nutsedge tuber sprouting with ethylene.
  • Plantains, some nutsedge, and blue fescue that's in really rough shape.
  • Hoe or pull nutsedge when it's young and still small -- when plants have fewer than five leaves or are less than 6 inches tall.
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