A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.
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 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 family Cyperaceae.