sedge 1
noundomain: plant
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
Hypernym
marsh plant 1
noun
a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
Member_meronym
Cyperaceae 1
noun
bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
EnglishDerivationally related form
sedgy 1
adjective
covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants)
Hyponym
umbrella plant 3
noun
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
chufa 1
noun
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
galingale 1
noun
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
papyrus 2
noun
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
nutgrass 1
noun
a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Member_holonym
Cyperaceae 1
noun
bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
