Carex (5)

I believe the answer is:

sedge

(Other definitions for sedge that I've seen before include "Plant growing in swampy ground" , "Marsh grass" , "Coarse, grasslike plant" , "Grasslike marsh plant" , "Plant of wet ground" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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