carex

2 definitions found

carex - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

carex - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Carex
      n 1: large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and
           ditches or at water margins: sedges [syn: Carex, genus Carex
           ]