HyperDic: genus_carex

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Carex:
NOUNplantgenus Carex, Carexlarge genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins
English > genus Carex: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges.
SynonymCarex
Member ofCyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge familybulrush
Memberscypress sedge, Carex pseudocyperustufted sedge of temperate regions
sand sedge, sand reed, Carex arenariaEuropean maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishcarex, genus carex
Catalancarex, Carex, genus carex

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