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sedge

/sej/US // sɛdʒ //UK // (sɛdʒ) //

莎草,草皮,绿篱,灌木丛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any rushlike or grasslike plant of the sedge family, predominantly of the genus Carex, most species of which grow in wetlands.
    • : siege.

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Examples

  • She suggests using two to four species to create a mini-meadow, adding that it’s essential to use a grass or sedge for the framework.

  • What we shall do if an Indian springs from behind the bushes, or a crocodile comes out of the sedge, I don't know.

  • No Indian sprang from the bush, no crocodile came out of the sedge; and the river was crossed without one of them being drowned.

  • Low down in the hollow is a marshy spot, sedge-grown, and in the sedge lie yellow leaves of willow already fallen.

  • Why, that you were going to find a bar'l of rum in the Napeague sedge next light of the moon.

  • Far across, with sails gleaming white against the sea of sedge, was a schooner, beating slowly up the river.

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