Usually means: Grasses with triangular stems, wetlands.
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  1. sedges: Merriam-Webster
  2. sedges: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sedges: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sedges, sedges: Wordnik
  5. sedges: Wiktionary
  6. sedges: Dictionary.com
  7. Sedges: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Sedges: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See sedge as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sedge)

noun:  Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
noun:  Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib.
noun:  Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
noun:  (fishing) A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
noun:  A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
noun:  Obsolete spelling of siege. [Military action.]
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