sedge

[ sej ]

/ sɛdʒ /

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noun

any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places.Compare sedge family.

any plant of the sedge family.

siege(def 5).

Nearby words

seddon, sedecias, sedentary, seder, sederunt, sedge, sedge family, sedge fly, sedge warbler, sedge wren, sedged

Origin of sedge

before 900; Middle English segge, Old English secg; akin to saw¹; presumably so named from its sawlike edges

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Examples from the Web for sedge

"Cheery little thing," was Bindle's summing up of the gloomy Mrs. Sedge.
Adventures of Bindle|Herbert George Jenkins
There seemed no place to escape to and Bucks, creeping through the sedge grass, got back to his key and called the despatcher.
The Mountain Divide|Frank H. Spearman
The walls are made of grass and sedge roots, together with spatter-docks and bur-reeds.
In the Open|Stanton Davis Kirkham
Near the border of this sedge, and in a part of it that was thin, a flock of wild fowl was diving and feeding.
The Young Voyageurs|Mayne Reid

On either hand, meadows and orchards bordered, with a margin of sedge and water flowers, upon the river.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for sedge

sedge

/ (sɛdʒ) /

noun

any grasslike cyperaceous plant of the genus Carex, typically growing on wet ground and having rhizomes, triangular stems, and minute flowers in spikelets

any other plant of the family Cyperaceae

Derived Forms

sedgy, adjective

Word Origin for sedge

Old English secg; related to Middle High German segge sedge, Old English sagu saw 1

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