/ˈkɛərɪsiːz/.carexn.
/ˈkɛːrɪks//ˈkɛərɪsiːz/. Botany.
A large genus, family Cyperaceæ, comprising various grassy-looking plants; a sedge.
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starc1300
carexa1398
float-grassc1440
red sedge1480
sag1531
pry grassa1600
flea-grass1670
star-grass1782
sedge1785
sea sedge1796
sharp-pry-grass1803
blue star grass1807
whip-grass1814
flea-sedge1816
saw-grass1822
mud rush1824
tight-locka1825
nut grass1830
razor grass1834
twig-rush1836
nut rush1843
sand grass1856
mud sedge1859
niggerhead1859
nutsedge1861
pingao1867
sword-rush1875
tupak-grass1884
tussock-sedge1884
sennegrass1897
nigger's-head1921
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxxv. 930 Carix ‘segge’ is an herbe most harde and scharp.
1833 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1858) II. 305 Narrow haughs edged with carexes.
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands II. 27 Carex, and stunted rushes.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iii. 71 Not counting grasses and carices.
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