• n. 莎草
• adj. 莎草科的

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) sedg,莎草，蘆葦，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*sagjoz,劍，可能來(lái)自 PIE*sek,砍，切， 詞源同 scissor,segment.拼寫受-dge 影響，如 bridge,fridge.比喻用法，因這種草葉片如劍而得 名。

sedge

sedge: [OE] The sedge is etymologically the plant with ‘cutting’ leaves. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *sagjaz, which was descended from the Indo-European base *sek- ‘cut’ (source also of English saw, section, segment, sickle, etc).
=> section, segment

sedge (n.)

"coarse grass-like plant growing in wet places," Old English secg "sedge, reed, rush," from Proto-Germanic *sagjoz (cognates: Low German segge, German Segge), probably from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.) and compare Old English secg, identical in form but meaning "sword;" and German schwertel-gras "sedge" from schwert "sword"), on notion of plant with "cutting" leaves (compare etymological sense of gladiolus). Old Irish seisg, Welsh hesgreed "rush" might represent a similar sense development from the same root. Often spelled seg, segg until present form triumphed early 1900s.

1. Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem.

莎草看上去和普通的草沒(méi)什么兩樣，但其草莖是實(shí)芯的而不是空芯的。

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2. Meyer Sedge fiber is a new type of green fiber.

烏拉草纖維是一種新型的綠色環(huán)保纖維.

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3. Sedge grows in marshes or near water.

蘆葦生長(zhǎng)在沼澤地帶或水邊.

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4. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.

歐洲的一種莎草,具有小的、可食用的堅(jiān)果狀塊莖.

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5. European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla.

一種歐洲的海岸苔草,沿美國(guó)大西洋海岸歸化; 具有菝葜性能的根莖.

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