English noun: genus Carex | |||
1. | genus Carex (plant) large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges | ||
Synonyms | Carex | ||
Broader (hypernym) | liliopsid genus, monocot genus | ||
Member holonym | Carex arenaria, Carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge, sand reed, sand sedge | ||
Member meronym | Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family | ||