sedge
Any plant of the family CyperaceaeAny plant of the family Cyperaceae.
» The sedge has withered from the lake, and no birds sing.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
(countable, uncountable)Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
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(countable, uncountable)Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
- grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
Examples
2 sentencesThe sedge has withered from the lake, and no birds sing.
It’s believed purple nut sedge may have the ability to inhibit the growth of Streptococcus mutans.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from ProFrom Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”).
By contraction from sedge fly.
Variant spellings.
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Forms
plural: sedgesWord family
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