sedge
English Thesaurus
1. grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant, |
| definition | : | a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cyperus longus, galangal, galingale, |
| definition | : | European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge, |
| definition | : | European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cotton grass, cotton rush, |
| definition | : | any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | scirpus cyperinus, wool grass, |
| definition | : | sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spike rush, |
| definition | : | a sedge of the genus Eleocharis (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | sedgy, |
| definition | : | covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sedgy, |
| definition | : | covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants) (adj.all) |
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