Carex

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carex \Ca"rex\, n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.)
     A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial
     herbaceous plants of the order {Cypreace[ae]}; the sedges.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Carex
       n : large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and
           ditches or at water margins: sedges [syn: {genus Carex}]