Definition of Sege
Sedge (?), n. [OE. segge, AS.
secg; akin to LG. segge; -- probably named from its
bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E.
saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg.
Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.] 1.
(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy
places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence,
and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and
midrib. There are several hundred species.
&fist; The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the order
Cyperaceæ, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
2. (Zoöl.) A flock of
herons.
Sedge hen (Zoöl.), the clapper
rail. See under 5th Rail. -- Sedge
warbler (Zoöl.), a small European singing
bird (Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest among
reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren, night
warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
Sedge (?), n. [OE. segge, AS.
secg; akin to LG. segge; -- probably named from its
bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E.
saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg.
Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.] 1.
(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial,
endogenous, innutritious herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy
places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence,
and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and
midrib. There are several hundred species.
&fist; The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the order
Cyperaceæ, which includes Carex, Cyperus,
Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.
2. (Zoöl.) A flock of
herons.
Sedge hen (Zoöl.), the clapper
rail. See under 5th Rail. -- Sedge
warbler (Zoöl.), a small European singing
bird (Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest among
reeds; -- called also sedge bird, sedge wren, night
warbler, and Scotch nightingale.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.
- A flock of herons.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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