genus carex

1. Large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges (synset 112172331)
   is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
   member holonym:

   • carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge - European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
   • carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge - tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
   belongs to: cyperaceae, family cyperaceae, sedge family - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
   same as: carex

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