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sedge
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sedge has 1 sense
- sedge(n = noun.plant) Array - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers; Array is a member of cyperaceae, family cyperaceae, sedge family
has particulars: cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge, chufa, cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass, cyperus longus, galangal, galingale, cyperus papyrus, egyptian paper reed, egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus, cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge, carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge, carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge, cotton grass, cotton rush, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush, scirpus acutus, scirpus cyperinus, wool grass, spike rush
is a kind of bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
Derived form adjective sedgy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sedge, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; -- probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.].
- Any plant of the genus
Carex , perennial, endogenous, innutritious herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species. [1913 Webster]" The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the orderCyperaceæ , which includesCarex ,Cyperus ,Scirpus , and many other genera of rushlike plants." [1913 Webster] - A flock of herons. [1913 Webster]
Sedge hen (Zoöl.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail . -- Sedge warbler (Zoöl.), a small European singing bird (Acrocephalus phragmitis ). It often builds its nest among reeds; -- called also sedge bird , sedge wren , night warbler , and Scotch nightingale .
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sedge, n.
1 any grasslike plant of the genus Carex with triangular stems, usu. growing in wet areas.
2 an expanse of this plant.
1 any grasslike plant of the genus Carex with triangular stems, usu. growing in wet areas.
2 an expanse of this plant.
Idiom
sedge-warbler (or -wren) a small warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, that breeds in sedge.
Derivative
sedgy adj.
Etymology
OE secg f. Gmc
ROGET THESAURUS
sedge
Vegetable
N vegetable, vegetable kingdom, flora, verdure, plant, tree, shrub, bush, creeper, herb, herbage, grass, annual, perennial, biennial, triennial, exotic, timber, forest, wood, woodlands, timberland, hurst, frith, holt, weald, park, chase, greenwood, brake, grove, copse, coppice, bocage, tope, clump of trees, thicket, spinet, spinney, underwood, brushwood, scrub, boscage, bosk, ceja, chaparal, motte, arboretum, bush, jungle, prairie, heath, heather, fern, bracken, furze, gorse, whin, grass, turf, pasture, pasturage, turbary, sedge, rush, weed, fungus, mushroom, toadstool, lichen, moss, conferva, mold, growth, alfalfa, alfilaria, banyan, blow, blowth, floret, petiole, pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia, foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella, spray, leaf, flower, blossom, bine, flowering plant, timber tree, fruit tree, pulse, legume, vegetable, vegetal, vegetive, vegitous, herbaceous, herbal, botanic, sylvan, silvan, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arborical, woody, grassy, verdant, verdurous, floral, mossy, lignous, ligneous, wooden, leguminous, vosky, cespitose, turf-like, turfy, endogenous, exogenous, green-robed senators of mighty woods, this is the forest primeval.
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