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sedge

(sej)

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

Origin: ME segge < OE secg, akin to sagu, saw: from the shape of the leaves

adjective

designating a family (Cyperaceae, order Cyperales) of grasslike, monocotyledonous plants, including papyrus

Related Forms:

sedgy adjective sedgier, sedgiest

See sedge in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of numerous grasslike plants of the family Cyperaceae, having solid stems, leaves in three vertical rows, and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers, with each flower subtended by a scalelike bract.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English segge

Origin: , from Old English secg; see sek- in Indo-European roots

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