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sedge¹
- /sɛd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ɛdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”).
Cognate with Dutch zegge and German Segge, dialectal German Saher (“reeds”).
noun sedges
- Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
- Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered
- Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
sedge²
- /sɛd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ɛdʒ
Where it comes from
By contraction from sedge fly.
noun sedges
- A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
sedge³
- /sɛd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -ɛdʒ
Where it comes from
Variant spellings.
noun sedges
- Obsolete spelling of siege
- A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
Translations
Talk about this word "sedge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sedge. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sedge. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sedge "sedge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sedge.Cite this
@misc{sedge_2026,
title = {sedge},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sedge},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
