Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: The family Cyperaceae , or the sedges , is a taxon of flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes .
A:
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid ( grass-like ) , monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges , which superficially resemble the closely related rushes and the more distantly related grasses .