woolsedge

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English

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Etymology

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From wool +‎ sedge.

Noun

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woolsedge (usually uncountable, plural woolsedgees)

  1. Any of several species of Scirpus related to Scirpus cyperinus with perianth bristles giving a wooly appearance.
    Synonym: woolgrass