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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