carex
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of carex
< New Latin (Linnaeus); Latin cārex sedge
Example Sentences
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Now hellebores, carex, deer ferns, autumn ferns, hosta, blue fescue, bergenia and Scotch moss grow happily in the dappled shade.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2016
She’s filled it with tough plants like yuccas, carex, hardy Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’, blue star juniper and Stipa gigantea.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2016
The ground was so matted with vegetation that their feet never touched the earth at all, they trampled on grasses, rushes, meadowsweet, and triangular fluted carex sedges.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
We found there a curious black-headed grass which proved to be of the carex genus.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Mitchell, Thomas
I saw patches of willow, bryanthus, and a fine show of lilies on some of them, not forming a margin, but scattered about among the carex and grass.
From My First Summer in the Sierra by Muir, John
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