Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous 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
[n] 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)
Sedge is a plant that looks like grass and grows in wet ground. 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. a plant similar to grass that grows in wet ground and on the edge of rivers and lakes
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
[ 'sej ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English segge, from Old English secg; akin to Middle High German segge sedge, Old English sagu saw; more at SAW.