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.
例文
1. Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem.
サは普通の草と変わらないように見えますが、その草の茎は空芯ではなく実芯です。
2.Meyer Sedge fiber is a new type of green fiber.
ウラサ繊維は新しい緑色環境保護繊維である。
3. Sedge grows in marshes or near water.
ヨシは沼地帯や水辺に生える。
4.European sedge having small edible nutlike tuber.
ヨーロッパのササで、小さくて食用可能なナッツ状の塊茎を持っている。
5.European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States、rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla.