carex

noun

car·​ex

ˈka(a)ˌreks

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 carices

ˈkarəˌsēz

: any plant of the genus Carex

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, sedge; perhaps akin to Latin carrere to card

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