noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/sɛd͡ʒ/
rhymes with -ɛdʒ
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Obsolete spelling of siege.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
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7
noun
Meaning 7
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sagjaz Proto-West Germanic *sagi Old English seċġ Middle English segge English sedge From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”). Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).
By contraction from sedge fly.
Variant spellings.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech:
šáchorovitá rostlina
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Finnish:
sarakasvi
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Irish:
cíb
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Limburgish:
bies
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Malagasy:
zorozoro
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Malagasy:
zozoro
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Polish:
cibora
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Scottish Gaelic:
stàrr
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Swedish:
halvgräs
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Translingual:
Cyperaceae
— any plant of the family Cyperaceae
Southern Altai:
кыйгак
(kïygak)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Southern Altai:
кыйгак ӧлӧҥ
(kïygak ölöŋ)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Southern Altai:
кӧрӧн
(körön)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Armenian:
կնյուն
(knyun)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Breton:
hesk
— any plant of the genus Carex
Bulgarian:
острица
(ostrica)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Cornish:
hesk
— any plant of the genus Carex
Czech:
ostřice
— any plant of the genus Carex
Danish:
star
— any plant of the genus Carex
Dutch:
zegge
— any plant of the genus Carex
Esperanto:
karekso
— any plant of the genus Carex
Faroese:
stør
— any plant of the genus Carex
Faroese:
størur
— any plant of the genus Carex
Faroese:
stargras
— any plant of the genus Carex
Faroese:
steyrur
— any plant of the genus Carex
Finnish:
sara
— any plant of the genus Carex
French:
laîche
— any plant of the genus Carex
Galician:
carrizo
— any plant of the genus Carex
Georgian:
ისლი
(isli)
— any plant of the genus Carex
German:
Segge
— any plant of the genus Carex
German:
Riedgras
— any plant of the genus Carex
Ancient Greek:
βούτομον
(boútomon)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Hungarian:
sás
— any plant of the genus Carex
Irish:
seisg
— any plant of the genus Carex
Italian:
sala
— any plant of the genus Carex
Italian:
carice
— any plant of the genus Carex
Japanese:
菅
(suge)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Kyrgyz:
өлөң
(ölöŋ)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Kyrgyz:
кыйгак
(kıygak)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Latin:
cārex
— any plant of the genus Carex
Laz:
ისირი
(isiri)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Māori:
toetoe
— any plant of the genus Carex
Māori:
tākahikahi
— any plant of the genus Carex
Māori:
tarangārara
— any plant of the genus Carex
Mingrelian:
ისირი
(isiri)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Navajo:
tłʼoh dichʼíízh
— any plant of the genus Carex
Norwegian Bokmål:
starr
— any plant of the genus Carex
Norwegian Nynorsk:
storr
— any plant of the genus Carex
Ossetian:
дзала
(ʒala)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Persian:
جگن
(jagan)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Polish:
turzyca
— any plant of the genus Carex
Portuguese:
carriço
— any plant of the genus Carex
Romanian:
rogoz
— any plant of the genus Carex
Russian:
осока
(osoka)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Scottish Gaelic:
seisg
— any plant of the genus Carex
Scottish Gaelic:
seasg
— any plant of the genus Carex
Serbo-Croatian:
šaš
— any plant of the genus Carex
Slovak:
ostrica
— any plant of the genus Carex
Lower Sorbian:
rězyna
— any plant of the genus Carex
Spanish:
carrizo
— any plant of the genus Carex
Svan:
ისრ
(isr)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Swedish:
starr
— any plant of the genus Carex
Tatar:
күрән
(kürän)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Translingual:
Carex
— any plant of the genus Carex
Ottoman Turkish:
قوم اوتی
(kum otu)
— any plant of the genus Carex
Ukrainian:
осока
(osoka)
— any plant of the genus Carex
