What does sedge mean?
Sedge means Any plant of the family Cyperaceae..
Sedge
/sɛd͡ʒ/ · noun
Meaning
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae..
Definitions by Sense
- Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
- (fishing) A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
- Obsolete spelling of siege.
- A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
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- sedges
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