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# sedge

«sedge» in Mova's school dictionary: **A grass-like plant that grows in wet places such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sedge, sedges)

### meaning for a pupil

A grass-like plant that grows in wet places such as marshes, ponds and riverbanks. Its stems are often triangular. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons sedges are part of wetland habitats, giving shelter to insects and birds. A rhyme helps tell them apart: «sedges have edges, rushes are round, grasses are hollow». Phrases: «sedge warbler», «sedge grass».

### examples

- Sedge grows thickly around the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/#x1)
- Sedges have three-sided stems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/#x2)
- A sedge warbler sang from the reeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/#x3)
- We found frogspawn among the sedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/#x4)
- Ducks nest in the sedge by the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/#x5)
- Feel the stem: if it has edges, it is a sedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/#x6)

### note

Countable or uncountable. Not the same as «hedge». Remember: «sedges have edges».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sedge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.