Definitions for sedge
sɛdʒsedge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sedgenoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sedgenoun

   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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SEDGEnoun

   whence, in the provinces, a narrow flag is called a sag or seg. A growth of narrow flags; a narrow flag.

   Etymology: sæcg , Saxon;

   T’ one layeth for turf and for sedge. Thomas Tusser.

   The current, that with gentle murmur glides,
   Thou know’st, being stopp’d, impatiently doth rage;
   But when his fair course is not hindered,
   He makes sweet musick with th’ enamel’d stones,
   Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge
   He overtaketh in his pilgrimage;
   And so by many winding nooks he strays,
   With willing sport, to the wild ocean. William Shakespeare.

   Adonis, painted by a running brook,
   And Cytherea all in sedges hid;
   Which seem to move and wanton with her breath,
   Even as the waving sedges play with wind. William Shakespeare.

   In hotter countries a fly called lucciole, that shineth as the glow-worm, is chiefly upon fens and marshes; yet is not seen but in the height of Summer, and sedge or other green of the fens give as good shade as bushes. Francis Bacon.

   He hid himself in the sedges adjoining. George Sandys.

   My bonds I brake,
   Fled from my guards, and in a muddy lake,
   Amongst the sedges, all the night lay hid. John Denham.

   Niphates, with inverted urn,
   And drooping sedge, shall his Armenia mourn. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sedge

   The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus Carex with over 2,000 species.These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges may be found growing in almost all environments, many are associated with wetlands, or with poor soils. Ecological communities dominated by sedges are known as sedgelands or sedge meadows. Some species superficially resemble the closely related rushes and the more distantly related grasses. Features distinguishing members of the sedge family from grasses or rushes are stems with triangular cross-sections (with occasional exceptions, a notable example being the tule which has a round cross-section) and leaves that are spirally arranged in three ranks. In comparison, grasses have alternate leaves, forming two ranks.Some well-known sedges include the water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) and the papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus), from which the writing material papyrus was made. This family also includes cotton-grass (Eriophorum), spike-rush (Eleocharis), sawgrass (Cladium), nutsedge or nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus, a common lawn weed), and white star sedge (Rhynchospora colorata).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sedgenoun

   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

2. Sedgenoun

   a flock of herons

3. Etymology: [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; -- probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.]

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1. Sedge

   A dog coat color that can range from red-yellow to bright red to chestnut.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sedge

   sej, n. a kind of flag or coarse grass growing in swamps and rivers.—adj. Sedged, composed of sedge or flags.—ns. Sedge′-hen, a marsh-hen; Sedge′-war′bler, a reed-warbler, the sedge-wren.—adj. Sedg′y, overgrown with sedge. [Older form seg—A.S. secg; cf. Low Ger. segge.]

2. Sedge

   sej, n. a flock of herons, bitterns, or cranes. [A variant of siege.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sedge in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sedge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sedge
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sedge
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sedge
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedge
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedge
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sedge
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sedge