sedge means any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
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sedge is pronounced /sɛd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”). Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).
noun
- Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.; 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.
- 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.
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