As nouns the difference between carex and sedge
is that
carex is any member of the genus
carex of sedges while
sedge is any plant of the genus
carex , the true sedges, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places they have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib there are several hundred species or
sedge can be (
siege).
carex Noun
(en-noun)
Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
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sedge English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) secg, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher ‘reeds’.
Noun
( en noun)
( wikipedia)
Any plant of the genus Carex , the s, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.
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*:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
A flock of herons.
Derived terms
* sedge frog
Etymology 2
Variant spellings.
Anagrams
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