carex

Concepts

sedge

rush

carex

Translations

Segge

laîche

carex

clarice

espadona

espargânio

cárice

espargancio

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkaː.rɛks]

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to carrō (“I card”); see English card (sense 2). However, compare Welsh cors (“reeds, bog”), Irish corrach (“marsh, bog”).