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noun
The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A dry husk or covering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
From Middle English kex. Origin unknown; but compare Welsh cecys (“hollow stalks”) and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”), apparently from the same source as Latin cicūta (“hemlock”).
