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carex

carex noun: any member of the genus Carex of sedges.

carex: any member of the genus Carex of sedges
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Noun

carex (plural carexes or carices)

  1. Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.

Forms of carex

pluralcarexes
pluralcarices

Origin of carex

From Latin carex.

Questions about carex

What does carex mean?
Carex means any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
What part of speech is carex?
Carex is a noun.
What is the plural of carex?
The plural of carex is carexes.

Words near carex in the dictionary

  1. careworkers
  2. careworn
  3. carewornness
  4. careworthy
  5. Carews
  6. carex
  7. carexes
  8. Carey
  9. Carey Bay
  10. Carey Fineman Ziter syndrome
  11. Careyesque

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