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sedge

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The broader riverbanks, newly freed from concrete, are dotted with thousands of small sedges planted in closely set rows to hold the earth, like a pointillist-­rendered landscape.

She suggests using two to four species to create a mini-meadow, adding that it’s essential to use a grass or sedge for the framework.

What we shall do if an Indian springs from behind the bushes, or a crocodile comes out of the sedge, I don't know.

No Indian sprang from the bush, no crocodile came out of the sedge; and the river was crossed without one of them being drowned.

Low down in the hollow is a marshy spot, sedge-grown, and in the sedge lie yellow leaves of willow already fallen.

Why, that you were going to find a bar'l of rum in the Napeague sedge next light of the moon.

Far across, with sails gleaming white against the sea of sedge, was a schooner, beating slowly up the river.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sedge, such as: scrub, thicket, bracken, brushwood, chaparral, and coppice.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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