sedge

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

In New England, a species of coarse grass. In England it is a small kind of flag. In New England 'a tussock of sedge, is a bunch or tuft of coarse grass, common in swampy meadows.


Margaret was bounding through a wet bog, springing from one tussock of sedge to another.--Margaret, p. 25

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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