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Anglo-(2) (iou) and sedge (medicine)


Anglo-(2) (iou)



Anglo- combining form.
[from Latin Anglus (see ANGLE noun3) + -O-.]
English, of English origin; English or British and , England or Britain in connection with .
? Of Britain as a whole sometimes offensive to some of the Scots, Welsh, and N. Irish.
Anglo-'Frisian adjective & noun (of or pertaining to) the hypothetical parent language of Old English and Old Frisian L19.
Anglo-'Gallic adjective pertaining, relating, or common to both England and France M18.
Anglo-'Gallicism noun a French word or phrase adopted into English E19.
Anglo-'Latin adjective & noun (of or pertaining to) Anglicized Latin or medieval Latin as used in England L18.
Anglo-'Roman adjective (a) English Roman Catholic; (b) of or pertaining to England and Rome: M19.
Anglo-ver'nacular adjective (Anglo-Indian) pertaining to or consisting of English and an Indian language L19.

sedge (medicine)


sedge


1. <botany> Any plant of the genus Carex, 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.

The name is sometimes given to any Other plant of the order Cyperaceae, which includes Carex, Cyperus, Scirpus, and many Other genera of rushlike plants. These are plants that look a bit like grasses, but they belong to a different plant family, the Cyperaceae.

most grasses have stems that are round in cross-section, while the stems of sedges are triangular in cross-section, thus you can remember the difference with the rhyme sedges have edges.

2. <zoology> A flock of herons. Sedge ken, a small European singing bird (Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest among reeds.

Synonym: sedge bird, sedge wren, night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.

Origin: OE. Segge, AS. Secg; akin to LG. Segge; probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. Secare to cut, E. Saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. Seisg, W. Hesg. Cf. Hassock, Saw the instrument.

Source: Websters Dictionary