white beaksedge

English

white beaksedge (Rhynchospora alba)

Alternative forms

• white beak-sedge

Etymology

white +‎ beaksedge, especially from contrast with brown beaksedge (Rhynchospora fusca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waɪt ˈbiːk.sɛd͡ʒ/

Noun

white beaksedge (uncountable)

1. 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

Rhynchospora alba

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白穗刺子莞

• Czech: hrotnosemenka bílá
• Danish: hvid næbfrø
• Dutch: witte snavelbies
• Finnish: valkopiirtoheinä
• French: rhynchoscope
• German: Weißes Schnabelried
• Irish: gobsheisc
• Italian: rincospora chiara
• Polish: przygiełka biała
• Romansch: schervetta alva
• Russian: oчеретник белый (očeretnik belyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: gob-sheisg f
• Swedish: vitag
• Translingual: Rhynchospora alba