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sedge

sedge \'sej, dial 'sa-j\ \'sej-e-, dial 'sa--je-\ n [ME segge, fr. OE secg; 
   akin to MHG segge sedge, OE saguX saw - more at SAW : any of a family 
   (Cyperaceae, the sedge family) of usu. tufted marsh plan ts differing from 
   the related grasses in having achenes and solid stems; esp : any of a 
   cosmopolitan genus (Carex) - sedgy aj