Sedge

What do we mean by sedge?

Any of numerous grasslike plants of the family Cyperaceae, characteristically having solid three-sided stems, leaves arranged in three rows, and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers. noun

A plant of the genus Carex, an extensive genus of grass-like cyperaceous plants. noun

A flock of herons or bitterns, sometimes of cranes. noun

Synonyms Covey, etc. See flock. noun

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. noun

A flock of herons. noun

The clapper rail. See under 5th Rail. noun

A small European singing bird (Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest among reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren, night warbler, and Scotch nightingale. noun

Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges, 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. noun

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae. noun

Obsolete spelling of siege. noun

Alternative spelling of segge. noun

Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers noun

Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedge, 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.

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Certain other plants resembling sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

Words that are spelled similarly to sedge:
sedge, edge, wedge, hedge, ledge, sledge, serge, kedge, seige, senge, swedge, tedge, sede, sedgy, segge, gedge, sege, skedge, sdge, sedre.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sedge:
carex, bulrush, lychnis, cyperus, whitethroat, bedstraw, sundew, asphodel, warbler, sphagnum, cattail, bilberry, moths, fescue, clumps, tussock, quaking, tufted, phlox, moth, fens, carnation, nigra, bittern, bunting, thyme, marigold, bog, tawny, snipe, clump, fen, cranberry, alder, grasshopper, meadows, aster, inflorescence, reeds, spp, sprite, wren, marsh, flea, rhizome, stems, ragged, ssp, eurasia, lichen, genus, orchid, sprites, drier, wetland, meadow, riparian, bearded, willow, peat, papyrus, herbaceous, broom, grass, rushes, hairy, reed, tundra, scrub, spikes, wetlands, damp, perennial, skipper, herbs, bushes, slender, frog, salad, moor, moss, alpine, grassland, dwarf, flowering, dunes, moist, thistle, endemic, guyana, wet, native, shrubs, upland, eurasian, fern, swamp, woodland, vegetation, rush.

Words that rhyme with sedge:
edge, pledge, wedge, hedge, allege, ledge, dredge, sledge, fledge, kedge, cutting edge, cledge, swedge, straightedge, tedge, leading edge, knife edge, segge, eldredge, sand wedge, pitching wedge, razor edge, trailing edge, cartledge, old sledge, sege, rehg, alldredge, blackledge, cumberledge, ketchledge, whitledge.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sedge:
broom, tall, common, green, yellow, dry, brown, small, coarse, little, withered, perennial, sweet, low, leaved, golden, heavy, fruited, thick, like, wet, stiff, black, dark, tufted, arctic, deep, headed, marshy, fen, giant, slender, rare, worthless, dead, native, spiked, red, pendulous, aquatic, grass, reed, japanese, mycorrhizal, damp, alpine, tangled, flowered, sad, tussock, blue, pale, way, beaked, dense, hairy, cinnamon, vain, amphibious, beak, grassy, entangling, forming, matted, sheathed, glaucous, feathery, variegated, soft, frozen, thin, seeded, flat, nonmycorrhizal, windy, tiny, wild, russet, rough, abundant, clonal, mixed, tawny, neighbouring, egyptian, hair, purple.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sedge:
warbler, grass, bird, peat, warblers, meadows, meadow, birds, patches, moss, field, fields, hat, moor, family, marshes, sphagnum, bogs, hypnum, flies, bog, smoke, heath, grasses, tufts, group, mires, swamps, reedling, peats, tuft, broom, communities, wrens, tundra, beds, vegetation, marsh, skipper, maquis, soils, fens, fire, beech, community, zone, moors, type, gate, leaves, reedlings, association, mats, bed, row, tussocks, flowers, dominance, reeds, blades, hair, brier, alder, flowering, cover, root, pollen, locust, hats, roots, bush, hill, hen, birch, seeds.

Consonant match to sedge:
sage, surge, siege, serge, seige, segge, sege.

Words that sound like sedge:
sedge, sage, siege, seige, sesh, suge, sige, c.j, sauge, sij, saaj, cege, cje, such, sitch, sich, suche, seg, segg, surge, sash, sledge, serge, seng, sach, sosh, seh, sache, senge, tseng, serj, swedge, soche, souche, sedgy, ssj, sauch, ceng, scj, sfj, sooc, hedge, wedge, cig, sig, hej, sug, sugg, sigg, sugh, wedg, syg, ziege, zij, sing, sung, sewage, sludge, smudge, singe, smidge, singh, suh, sng, ssa, cing, psa, ciw, pssa, silje, synge, snudge, cih, subj, s.j, sag, sog, sawg, sieg, saag, seig, seag, c, ca, cee, cea, cech, c., ceej, -cy, -sy, c.o, c a, c.e, c.t, c e, c o, c.i, c i, asij.