sedge

plural sedges

1. countableuncountableAny plant of the family Cyperaceae.
   1. countableuncountableAny 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.

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      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 trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

      1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

2. countableuncountableAny of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

plural sedges

1. fishingA dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.

plural sedges

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of siege.
2. A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.