sedges
sedges is the plural of sedge.
Meaning of sedge
Noun (1)
sedge (countable and uncountable, plural sedges)
- Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
- But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
- Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
Noun (2)
sedge (plural sedges)
- A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
Noun (3)
sedge (plural sedges)
- A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
Phrases with sedges
- mud sedges
- beak sedges
- sand sedges
- star sedges
- broom sedges
- bottle sedges
- common sedges
- slender sedges
- tussock sedges
- cat-tail sedges
- glaucous sedges
- blue wood sedges
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Questions about sedges
- What is sedges the plural of?
- Sedges is the plural of sedge.
Words near sedges in the dictionary
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