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sedge
(encz) | sedge,ostřice n: Zdeněk Brož |
sedge
(encz) | sedge,rákos Jaroslav Šedivý |
Sedge
(gcide) | Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious 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.
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Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order Cyperaceae, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
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2. (Zool.) A flock of herons.
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Sedge hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zool.), a small European singing bird
(Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren,
night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
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sedge
(wn) | sedge
n 1: grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having
solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of
inconspicuous flowers |
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cypress sedge
(encz) | cypress sedge, n: |
nut sedge
(encz) | nut sedge, n: |
nutsedge
(encz) | nutsedge, n: |
sand sedge
(encz) | sand sedge, n: |
sedge
(encz) | sedge,ostřice n: Zdeněk Brožsedge,rákos Jaroslav Šedivý |
sedge bird
(encz) | sedge bird, n: |
sedge family
(encz) | sedge family, n: |
sedge warbler
(encz) | sedge warbler, n: |
sedge wren
(encz) | sedge wren, n: |
sedgelike
(encz) | sedgelike, adj: |
umbrella sedge
(encz) | umbrella sedge, n: |
Disedge
(gcide) | Disedge \Dis*edge"\, v. t.
To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull.
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Served a little to disedge
The sharpness of that pain about her heart. --Tennyson.
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Knop sedge
(gcide) | Knop \Knop\ (n[o^]p), n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop,
G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud,
Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. Knap, Knob.]
1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
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Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops
and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21.
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2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp.,
the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then
synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and
knosp.
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Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so
called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.
--Prior.
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nut sedge
(gcide) | nutsedge \nutsedge\, nut sedge \nut sedge\n.
a widely distributed perennial sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
having small edible nutlike tubers; also called nut grass.
Syn: nutgrass, nut grass, Cyperus rotundus.
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nutsedge
(gcide) | nutsedge \nutsedge\, nut sedge \nut sedge\n.
a widely distributed perennial sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
having small edible nutlike tubers; also called nut grass.
Syn: nutgrass, nut grass, Cyperus rotundus.
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sedge bird
(gcide) | Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious 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.
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Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order Cyperaceae, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
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2. (Zool.) A flock of herons.
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Sedge hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zool.), a small European singing bird
(Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren,
night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
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Sedge hen
(gcide) | Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious 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.
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Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order Cyperaceae, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
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2. (Zool.) A flock of herons.
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Sedge hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zool.), a small European singing bird
(Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren,
night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
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Sedge warbler
(gcide) | Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order Cyperaceae, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A flock of herons.
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Sedge hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zool.), a small European singing bird
(Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren,
night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
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sedge wren
(gcide) | Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; --
probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L.
secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W.
hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the
order Cyperaceae, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A flock of herons.
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Sedge hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail.
Sedge warbler (Zool.), a small European singing bird
(Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest
among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren,
night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
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Sedged
(gcide) | Sedged \Sedged\, a.
Made or composed of sedge.
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With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks.
--Shak.
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broom sedge
(wn) | broom sedge
n 1: tall tufted grass of southeastern United States [syn:
broom sedge, Andropogon virginicus] |
cypress sedge
(wn) | cypress sedge
n 1: tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
[syn: cypress sedge, Carex pseudocyperus] |
nut sedge
(wn) | nut sedge
n 1: a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible
nutlike tubers [syn: nutgrass, nut grass, nutsedge,
nut sedge, Cyperus rotundus] |
nutsedge
(wn) | nutsedge
n 1: a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible
nutlike tubers [syn: nutgrass, nut grass, nutsedge,
nut sedge, Cyperus rotundus] |
sand sedge
(wn) | sand sedge
n 1: European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of
United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
[syn: sand sedge, sand reed, Carex arenaria] |
sedge
(wn) | sedge
n 1: grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having
solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of
inconspicuous flowers |
sedge bird
(wn) | sedge bird
n 1: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges
and winters in Africa [syn: sedge warbler, sedge bird,
sedge wren, reedbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus] |
sedge family
(wn) | sedge family
n 1: bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant [syn:
Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family] |
sedge warbler
(wn) | sedge warbler
n 1: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges
and winters in Africa [syn: sedge warbler, sedge bird,
sedge wren, reedbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus] |
sedge wren
(wn) | sedge wren
n 1: small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows [syn:
sedge wren, short-billed marsh wren, {Cistothorus
platensis}]
2: small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and
winters in Africa [syn: sedge warbler, sedge bird, {sedge
wren}, reedbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus] |
sedgelike
(wn) | sedgelike
adj 1: resembling rush or sedge [syn: rushlike, sedgelike] |
umbrella sedge
(wn) | umbrella sedge
n 1: African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water
plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender
grasslike leaves [syn: umbrella plant, umbrella sedge,
Cyperus alternifolius] |
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