SEDGE, noun. [Latin seco, to cut; that is sword grass, like Latin gladiolus.] 1. A narrow flag, or growth of such flags; called in the north of England, seg or sag. 2. In New England, a species of very coarse grass growing in swamps, and forming bogs or clumps.
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