Meaning of CAREX
WordNet Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | | [n] large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges |
|
| Sponsored Links: | |
|
|
| Synonyms: | | genus Carex |
|
| See Also: | | Carex arenaria, Carex pseudocyperus, Cyperaceae, cypress sedge, family Cyperaceae, liliopsid genus, monocot genus, sand reed, sand sedge, sedge family | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | | \Ca"rex\, n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.)
A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial
herbaceous plants of the order {Cypreace[ae]}; the sedges.
|
|
|
|