Definition of Genus carex

1. Noun. Large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carex

genus Capros
genus Capsella
genus Capsicum
genus Caragana
genus Caranx
genus Carcharhinus
genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium
genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis
genus Carpinus
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum
genus Carya

Literary usage of Genus carex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"Illustrations of the genus carex. By FRANCIS BOOTT, MD London, Pamplin, 1858-60. WE have too long delayed noticing this very valuable work. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"In youth he was interested in geology and botany, and devoted particular attention to the study of the genus Carex. DeKay, James Ellsworth (1792-1851). ..."

3. Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, Containing Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1836)
"The vast genus Carex, which almost exclusively constitutes the tribe Cariceae, ... Of the genus Carex, Dr. Torrey enumerates one hundred and sixty-five ..."

4. American Agriculturist (1843)
"All the other species of the genus Carex are described in botanical works as coarse and rank, and by no means adapted for fodder, but it is very different ..."

5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"His botanical laboure were entirely confined to the study of the great genus Carex. The results of his labours have seen the light in a large folio work ..."

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