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‖ carex Bot.|ˈkɛərɪks|
Pl. carices |ˈkɛərɪsiːz|.
[L. cārex sedge.]
A large genus, family Cyperaceæ, comprising various grassy-looking plants; a sedge.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xxxv. (1495) 624 Carix, Sedge is an herbe moost harde and sharpe. 1833J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1858) II. 305 Narrow haughs edged with carexes. 1834Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) II. 27 Carex, and stunted rushes. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. iii. (1878) 56 Not counting grasses and carices. |