Sedge
WordNet
noun
(1) Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
Old English secg, from Germanic. Cognate with dialectal German Saher ‘reeds’.
Noun
- 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.