sedge.
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Germanic *sagjaz Proto-West Germanic *sagi Old English seċġ Middle English segge English sedge 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”).
A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
Where this word comes from
By contraction from sedge fly.
Obsolete spelling of siege.
A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
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