The sedge has withered from the lake, and no birds sing.
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Sedge
//sɛd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "sedge" (3 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βούτομον noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Armenian
1 entries- կնյուն noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Breton
1 entries- hesk noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Bulgarian
1 entries- острица noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Cornish
1 entries- hesk noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Czech
2 entries- ostřice noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- šáchorovitá rostlina noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
Danish
1 entries- star noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Dutch
1 entries- zegge noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Esperanto
1 entries- karekso noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Faroese
4 entries- stargras noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- steyrur noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- stør noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- størur noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Finnish
2 entries- sara noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- sarakasvi noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
French
1 entries- laîche noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Galician
1 entries- carrizo noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Georgian
1 entries- ისლი noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
German
2 entries- Riedgras noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- Segge noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Hungarian
1 entries- sás noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Irish
2 entries- cíb noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
- seisg noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Italian
2 entries- carice noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- sala noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Japanese
1 entries- 菅 noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кыйгак noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- өлөң noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Latin
1 entries- cārex noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Laz
1 entries- ისირი noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Limburgish
1 entries- bies noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- rězyna noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Malagasy
2 entries- zorozoro noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
- zozoro noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ისირი noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Māori
3 entries- tarangārara noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- toetoe noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- tākahikahi noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Navajo
1 entries- tłʼoh dichʼíízh noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- starr noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- storr noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Ossetian
1 entries- дзала noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قوم اوتی noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Persian
1 entries- جگن noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Polish
2 entries- cibora noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
- turzyca noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Portuguese
1 entries- carriço noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Romanian
1 entries- rogoz noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Russian
1 entries- осока noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- seasg noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- seisg noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- stàrr noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- šaš noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Slovak
1 entries- ostrica noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Southern Altai
3 entries- кыйгак noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- кыйгак ӧлӧҥ noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- кӧрӧн noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Spanish
1 entries- carrizo noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Svan
1 entries- ისრ noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Swedish
2 entries- halvgräs noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
- starr noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Tatar
1 entries- күрән noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Translingual
2 entries- Carex noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
- Cyperaceae noun (any plant of the family Cyperaceae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- осока noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Welsh
1 entries- hesgen noun (any plant of the genus Carex)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Here he saw a pool of water, clear to its very depths. There were no marsh reeds round it, no sterile sedge, no spikes of rushes: it was crystal liquid. The edges of the pool were bordered by fresh turf, and the grass was always green.
Source: tatoeba (6211817)
It’s believed purple nut sedge may have the ability to inhibit the growth of Streptococcus mutans.
Source: tatoeba (11542165)
But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
Source: wiktionary
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