white beaksedge
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Rhynchosporaalba.jpg/220px-Rhynchosporaalba.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From white + beaksedge, especially from contrast with brown beaksedge (Rhynchospora fusca).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- A sedge of species Rhynchospora alba.
- 2020 November 24, Sophie Lake, Durwyn Liley, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Britain's Habitats: A Field Guide to the Wildlife Habitats of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 264:
- Dark bog pools are spiked with Common Cottongrass and White Beak-sedge, and in summer the brown, peaty water is warm to the touch.
Translations
[edit]Rhynchospora alba
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