sedge
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- (countable, uncountable) Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
Translations
laîche
Carex
zegge
carrizo
Segge
salaPronounced as (IPA)
/sɛd͡ʒ/
Etymology
In summary
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sagjaz Proto-West Germanic *sagi Old English seċġ Middle English segge English sedge 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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