Sedge

[sedʒ] or [sɛdʒ]

Definition

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

Editor: Margaret--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, 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.

(n.) A flock of herons.

Checker: Truman

Definition

n. a flock of herons bitterns or cranes.

n. a kind of flag or coarse grass growing in swamps and rivers.—adj. Sedged composed of sedge or flags.—ns. Sedge′-hen a marsh-hen; Sedge′-war′bler a reed-warbler the sedge-wren.—adj. Sedg′y overgrown with sedge.

Typist: Melba