| 释义 |
car·ex
\ˈka(a)ˌreks\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sedge; perhaps akin to Latin carrere to card — more at chard
1. capitalized : a genus of perennial grasslike herbs (family Cyperaceae) of very wide distribution and distinguished by having the seedlike achenes enclosed in a sac in the axil of a bract — see sedge
2. plural car·i·ces \ˈkarəˌsēz\ : any plant of the genus Carex |