: any of a family (Cyperaceae, the sedge family) of usually tufted monocotyledonous marsh plants differing from the related grasses in having achenes and solid stems
especially
: any of a cosmopolitan genus (Carex)
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My friend Kathleen’s horse, Zander, kept snatching at the tall blades of grass, while Major, my stalwart mount, kept eyeing the brightly colored spring wildflowers popping up between the wet sedges.
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Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Heaps of last summer’s grassy sedge lay withered around us.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
In summer, the goats consume grasses, sedges, rushes and bilberries.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Like our garden plants, lawn weeds include grasses, sedges, and broadleaf plants.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
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Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Heaps of last summer’s grassy sedge lay withered around us.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
In summer, the goats consume grasses, sedges, rushes and bilberries.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Like our garden plants, lawn weeds include grasses, sedges, and broadleaf plants.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Sedge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedge. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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sedge
noun
: any of a family of plants of marshy areas that are related to the grasses and have solid often three-sided stems
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