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English noun: sedge

1. sedge (plant) grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers


Broader (hypernym)bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant


Narrower (hyponym)Carex arenaria, Carex pseudocyperus, chufa, cotton grass, cotton rush, Cyperus alternifolius, Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus longus, Cyperus papyrus, Cyperus rotundus, cypress sedge, earth almond, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, galangal, galingale, ground almond, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus, rush nut, sand reed, sand sedge, Scirpus acutus, Scirpus cyperinus, spike rush, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge, wool grass, yellow nutgrass


Member meronymCyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family









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