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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAREX

Ca "rex, n. Etym: [L., sedge. ] (Bot. )

Defn: A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceæ; the sedges.

New American Oxford Dictionary

carex

carex |ˈkɛːrɛks | ▶noun ( pl. carices |-rɪsiːz | ) a sedge (grass-like plant ) of a large genus found chiefly in temperate and cold regions. ●Genus Carex, family Cyperaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, ‘sedge ’.

Oxford Dictionary

carex

carex |ˈkɛːrɛks | ▶noun ( pl. carices |-rɪsiːz | ) a sedge (grass-like plant ) of a large genus found chiefly in temperate and cold regions. ●Genus Carex, family Cyperaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, ‘sedge ’.