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Sedge — may mean:Plants*Sedge, any of the numerous plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae *Sedge or sweet sedge, a name for sweet flag ( Acorus calamus ), a marshland plant in the Acoraceae family *Sedge, a name for yellow flag iris ( Iris pseudacorus ) … Wikipedia
Sedge — Sedge, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg. Cf. {Hassock}, {Saw} the instrument.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sedge — [sej] n. [ME segge < OE secg, akin to sagu, SAW1: from the shape of the leaves] any of the plants of the sedge family often found on wet ground or in water, having usually triangular, solid stems, three rows of narrow, pointed leaves, and… … English World dictionary
sedge — [sedʒ] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: secg] a plant similar to grass that grows in wet ground and on the edge of rivers and lakes … Dictionary of contemporary English
sedge — [ sedʒ ] noun uncount a plant like grass that grows in wet areas … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sedge — (n.) coarse grass like plant growing in wet places, O.E. secg, from P.Gmc. *sagjoz (Cf. Low Ger. segge, Ger. Segge), from PIE root *sek cut (Cf. O.E. secg sword ), on notion of plant with cutting leaves (Cf. etymological sense of gladiolus, and… … Etymology dictionary
sedge — ► NOUN ▪ a grass like plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers, growing typically in wet ground. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
sedge — noun Etymology: Middle English segge, from Old English secg; akin to Middle High German segge sedge, Old English sagu saw more at saw Date: before 12th century any of a family (Cyperaceae, the sedge family) of usually tufted monocotyledonous… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sedge — /sej/, n. 1. any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places. Cf. sedge family. 2. any plant of the sedge family. 3. siege (def. 5). [bef. 900; ME segge, OE secg; akin to SAW1; presumably so named from its sawlike edges] … Universalium
sedge — n. 1 any grasslike plant of the genus Carex with triangular stems, usu. growing in wet areas. 2 an expanse of this plant. Phrases and idioms: sedge warbler (or wren) a small warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, that breeds in sedge. Derivatives:… … Useful english dictionary
Sedge — Recorded as Sedge, Sedger, Setch, Sedgman, Sedgeman, and locationally Sedgefield, from the village of the same spelling in County Durham, and Sedgeworth or Sedgewood, the name means the same, a now lost village in the county of Norfolk, this is… … Surnames reference
