Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny plant of the family Cyperaceae. · Any 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. · Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. 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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