English-Thai Dictionary

sedge

N พืช หญ้า ตระกูล  Carex พบ ตาม บริเวณ ชื้นแฉะ  หญ้า แห้วหมู  phud-ya

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEDGE

n.[L. seco, to cut; that is sword grass, like L. gladiolus. ] 1. A narrow flag, or growth of such flags; called in the north of England, seg or sag.
2. In New England, a species of very coarse grass growing in swamps, and forming bogs or clumps.

 

SEDGED

a.Composed of flags or sedge.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEDGE

Sedge, n. Etym: [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; -- probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.

 

Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the order Cyperaceæ, which includes Carex, Cyperus, Scirpus, and many other genera of rushlike plants.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A flock of herons. Sedge ken (Zoöl.), the clapper rail. See under 5th Rail. -- Sedge warbler (Zoöl.), a small European singing bird (Acrocephalus phragmitis ). It often builds its nest among reeds; --called also sedge bird, sedge wren, night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.

 

SEDGED

SEDGED Sedged, a.

 

Defn: Made or composed of sedge. With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sedge

sedge |sej sɛʤ | ▶noun a grasslike plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers, growing typically in wet ground. Sedges are widely distributed throughout temperate and cold regions. [Family Cyperaceae: Carex and other genera. ] DERIVATIVES sedg y |ˈsejē |adjective ORIGIN Old English secg, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin secare ‘to cut. ’

 

Sedgemoor, Battle of

Sedge moor, Bat tle of a battle fought in 1685 on the plain of Sedgemoor in Somerset, England. The forces of the rebel Duke of Monmouth, who had landed in Dorset as champion of the Protestant cause and pretender to the throne, were decisively defeated by James II's troops.

 

sedge warbler

sedge war bler ▶noun a common migratory Eurasian songbird with streaky brown plumage, frequenting marshes and reed beds. [Acrocephalus schoenoboenus, family Sylviidae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

sedge

sedge |sɛdʒ | ▶noun a grass-like plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers, growing typically in wet ground. Sedges are widely distributed throughout temperate and cold regions. ●Family Cyperaceae: Carex and other genera. DERIVATIVES sedgy adjective ORIGIN Old English secg, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin secare ‘to cut ’.

 

Sedgemoor, Battle of

Sedgemoor, Battle of |ˈsɛdʒmɔː, -mʊə | a battle fought in 1685 on the plain of Sedgemoor in Somerset. The forces of the rebel Duke of Monmouth, who had landed in Dorset as champion of the Protestant cause and pretender to the throne, were decisively defeated by James II's troops.

 

sedge warbler

sedge warb |ler ▶noun a common migratory Eurasian songbird with streaky brown plumage, frequenting marshes and reed beds. ●Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, family Sylviidae.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sedge

sedge /sedʒ /名詞 U 〘植 〙スゲ 〘湿地に生える草の一種 〙.