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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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grass-like plant, usually with solid triangular stems
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a member of the plant family Cyperaceae. Sedges generally are tufted plants that grow in marshes and have solid stems.
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any of a family (Cyperaceae) of grass-like plants 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
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Rushlike or grasslike plants of the family Cyperaceae, which often grow in wet places and usually have a triangular stem with a pith (not hollow) and a small, hard, dry, one-seeded fruit (achene). Examples include sedges ( Carex sp.), the lean sedge ( Cyperus strigosus), the slender spikerush ( Eleocharis acicularis), and the American bulrush ( Scirpus americanus).
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grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
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Common plant found growing beside a wetland. Sedge plants have tall stems, sharp edged leaves and yellow-green flower heads.
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tufted grasslike marsh plant often with triangular stems of the family Cyperaceae
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A grasslike plant with a triangular stem often growing in wet areas.
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any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places.
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a grass-like plant
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grass-like or rush-like plants of the family Cyperaceae, with solid stems which are triangular in cross-section
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Plaints that resemble grasses but have hollow rather than woody stems
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a plant that looks like grass, but has a solid, triangular stem, leaves growing in three vertical rows, and inconspicuous flowers
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Any of a wide variety of grass-like, monocotyledonous plants of the family Cyperaceae, having achenes and solid stems which are triangular in cross-section. One of the most important plants in the shaping of the BWCA wetlands. Most "grasses" seen from the canoe are sedges. From the Old English secg.
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