carex

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sedge belonging to the large genus Carex, whose small fruits are enclosed in saclike structures

   The botanist identified the marsh plant as a carex by examining its flower spike and enclosed fruit.

From New Latin Carex, the botanical genus name, from Latin carex, 'sedge.' English uses carex as a common noun for a member of the genus; alongside regular carexes, the classical plural carices also occurs.

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