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KEX
Etymology
Noun
kex (plural kexes)
(obsolete or dialectal) The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
(obsolete, botany) A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
(rare) A dry husk or covering.
Source: Wiktionary
Kex, n. Etym: [W. cecys, pl., hollow stalks.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A weed; a kecksy. Bp. Gauden. Though the rough kex break The starred mosaic. Tennyson.
2. A dry husk or covering. When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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