Definition of carex Carex
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What does carex mean?
WordNet
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| carex - large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges | ||
| genus Carex | ||
| liliopsid genus, monocot genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed | ||
| cyperaceae, family cyperaceae, sedge family bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant | ||
| carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- carex (n.)
A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceae; the sedges.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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carex
kΔβ²reks, n. a genus of plants including the sedges. [L. carex, reed-grass, sedge.]
