reed instrument vs sedge

reed instrument

noun
  • Any musical wind instrument played by blowing air through a reed, such as the oboe or the clarinet. 

sedge

noun
  • A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly. 

  • Any of certain other plants resembling sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus. 

  • A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns. 

  • 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. 

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