/sɛd͡ʒ/
OriginBy contraction from sedge fly.
- countable, uncountableAny plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- countable, uncountableAny 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.
“But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trin”
- countable, uncountableAny of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
- A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
- A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
Formssedges(plural)