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sedge

UK/sɛd͡ʒ/ US/ˈsɛdʒ/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers

Origin

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”).

Phrases

  • acute sedge
  • Bicknell's sedge
  • blue wood sedge
  • bottle sedge
  • broom sedge
  • cat-tail sedge
  • claspbract sedge
  • common sedge

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