kex.
The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
Meaning & usage
The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
A dry husk or covering.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English kex. Origin unknown; but compare Welsh cecys (“hollow stalks”) and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”), apparently from the same source as Latin cicūta (“hemlock”).
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