Sedge Definition

sĕj
sedges
noun
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 minute flowers borne in spikelets.
Webster's New World

A flock of herons.

Wiktionary
Alternative spelling of segge.
Wiktionary
adjective
Designating a family (Cyperaceae, order Cyperales) of grasslike, monocotyledonous plants, including papyrus.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sedge

Noun

Singular:
sedge
Plural:
sedges

Origin of Sedge

  • Old English secg, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher "˜reeds'.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English segge from Old English secg sek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Variant spellings.

    From Wiktionary

Sedge Sentence Examples

  • An extinct water-lily, Euryale limburgensis, belongs to a monotypic genus now confined to Assam and China; an extinct sedge, Dulichium vespiforme, belongs to a genus only living in America, though the only living species once flourished also in Denmark; an extinct species of water-aloe (Stratiotes elegans) makes a third genus, represented only by a single living species, which was evidently better represented in Pliocene times.

  • The reedbeds and tall fen vegetation support nesting sedge and reed warblers as well as numerous cuckoos.

  • The Trust manages the sedge bed close to the car park.

  • The meadow floods regularly, as indicated by the damp-loving grasses, including the uncommon brown sedge.

  • The rare broad-leaved cotton sedge also occurs below the Belmore cliffs.

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Words Starting With

SSESED

Words Ending With

EGEDGE

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