English > genus Carex: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges. |
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Synonym | Carex |
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Member of | Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family | bulrush |
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Members | cypress sedge, Carex pseudocyperus | tufted sedge of temperate regions |
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sand sedge, sand reed, Carex arenaria | European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | carex, genus carex |
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Catalan | carex, Carex, genus carex |
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