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Large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins sedges
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carex
Word definitions for carex in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the genus ''Carex'' of sedges.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carex \Ca"rex\, n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.) A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreace[ae] ; the sedges.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Carex is a vast genus of almost 2,000 species of grassy plants in the family Cyperaceae , commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most ...
Usage examples of carex.
The ten following kinds, namely cabbage, radish, Anemone nemorosa, Rumex acetosa, Carex sylvatica, mustard, turnip, cress, Ranunculus acris, and Avena pubescens, all excited much secretion, which was in several cases tested and found always acid.
I may add that early in August my son found leaves of this same Erica and the fruits of a Carex on the leaves of a Pinguicula in Switzerland, probably Pinguicula alpina.