Sedge

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n. Any of numerous grasslike plants of the family Cyperaceae

from Old English secg, sedge, from Germanic *sagjaz, “sword,” plant with a cutting edge; also scythe

see indo-european roots: sek http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE446.html

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