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sedge

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Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
  4. noun A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
  5. noun Obsolete spelling of siege.
  6. noun A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.

Similar words

carex warbler broom warblers sedge grass sedgegrass string sedge acute sedge common sedge wood sedge

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Word family

sedges sedgier sedgiest sedgy siege

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