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Sedge

Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.

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Chufa 76% connected

A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

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Galangal 76% connected

The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Gala…

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Galingale 76% connected

A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.

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Papyrus 76% connected

A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is t…

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Sedgy 74% connected

Overgrown with sedge.

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Sedgy 74% connected

Overgrown with sedge.

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