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Sedge N Grasslike Plant Triangular Stems Growing Wet

Word sedge
Definition n. A grasslike plant with triangular stems, growing in wet ground.
Sentence At last, the river crossed, the ferryman lands the seer and hero all unharmed in the marsh, the repellent oozing slime and livid sedge.
Source Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 6 l. 475–477, p. 196

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