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sedge

Pronunciation: /sɛd͡ʒ/

The English word “sedge” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
  2. Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
  3. Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
  4. A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
  5. A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.

Etymology

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”). Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).

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