sedge

来自古英语 sedg,莎草，芦苇，来自 Proto-Germanic*sagjoz,剑，可能来自 PIE*sek,砍，切， 词源同 scissor,segment.拼写受-dge 影响，如 bridge,fridge.比喻用法，因这种草叶片如剑而得 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没什么两样，但其草茎是实芯的而不是空芯的。

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

乌拉草纤维是一种新型的绿色环保纤维.

3. Sedge grows in marshes or near water.

芦苇生长在沼泽地带或水边.

4. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.

欧洲的一种莎草,具有小的、可食用的坚果状块茎.

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

一种欧洲的海岸苔草,沿美国大西洋海岸归化; 具有菝葜性能的根茎.