the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge
anthracite, especially when found in small masses
waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
Any of certain other plants resembling sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.
A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.
A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedge, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.
Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.