sedge

noun

ˈsej 

: any of a family (Cyperaceae, the sedge family) of usually tufted monocotyledonous marsh plants differing from the related grasses in having achenes and solid stems

especially : any of a cosmopolitan genus (Carex)

sedgy

ˈse-jē 

adjective

Examples of sedge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Like our garden plants, lawn weeds include grasses, sedges, and broadleaf plants. —Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025

Driving the news: Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden experts will teach residents how to reduce lawn maintenance with plant clover, sedges, and other tidy ground covers that still support pollinators — minus the unruly chaos. —Jason Clayworth, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025

Our guide, Mark Vincent from Door County Adventure Center, dropped dad jokes in between sightings of great blue herons, bald eagles, and wrens in the sedge grass. —Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025

Previous research has shown that Australopithecus afarensis, a species of australopithecine that lived in East Africa from around 3.9 million years to 3 million years ago, likely had a diet of grasses, sedges, and succulents typically found in tropical savannas and deserts. —Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English segge, from Old English secg; akin to Middle High German segge sedge, Old English sagu saw — more at saw

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sedge

• dredge
• edge
• hedge
• ledge
• pledge
• sledge
• wedge
• allege
• straightedge

Kids Definition

sedge

noun

ˈsej 

: any of a family of plants of marshy areas that are related to the grasses and have solid often three-sided stems