CAREX

Carex, genus Carex

(noun) large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carex (plural carexes or carices)

Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.

Source: Wiktionary


Ca"rex, n. Etym: [L., sedge.] (Bot.)

Definition: A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceæ; the sedges.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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