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brown beaksedge

noun
/bɹaʊn ˈbiːk.sɛd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From brown + beaksedge, especially from contrast with white beaksedge (Rhynchospora alba).

  1. inherited from *sak-✻
  2. inherited from *sagjaz✻
  3. inherited from *sagi✻
  4. inherited from seċġ
  5. inherited from segge
  6. formed as beaksedge — “beak + sedge”
  7. formed as brown beaksedge — “brown + beaksedge”

Definitions

  1. A sedge of species Rhynchospora fusca.

    • For example, in Brown beak-sedge (Rhynchospora fusca) the teeth on the bristles point upward; in White beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba) the teeth located at the base point upward, while the teeth farther away from the base point downward.

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