Meanings
alternative brown beak-sedge
- uncountableA sedge of species Rhynchospora fusca.
For example, in Brown beak-sedge (Rhynchospora fusca) the teeth on the bristles point upward; in White beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba) the teeth located at the base point upward, while the teeth farther away from the base point downward.
2013 August 31, R. T. J. Cappers, R.M. Bekker, A Manual for the Identification of Plant Seeds and Fruits, Barkhuis, →ISBN, page 113
Origin
From brown + beaksedge, especially from contrast with white beaksedge (Rhynchospora alba).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech hrotnosemenka hnědá
- hrotnosemenka hnědáRhynchospora fusca
Dutch bruine snavelbies
- bruine snavelbiesRhynchospora fusca
Finnish ruskopiirtoheinä
- ruskopiirtoheinäRhynchospora fusca
French rhynchoscope brun
- rhynchoscope brunRhynchospora fusca
German Braunes Schnabelried, Rotes Schnabelried
- Braunes SchnabelriedRhynchospora fusca
- Rotes SchnabelriedRhynchospora fusca
Scottish Gaelic gob-sheisg ruadh
- gob-sheisg ruadhRhynchospora fusca
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