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caries

[kair-eez, -ee-eez] / ˈkɛər iz, -iˌiz /








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The wildest of wild hay, made chiefly of carices and rushes, was sold at from two to three hundred dollars per ton on ranches.

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John

On the margin of the meadow darling linnaea was in its glory; purple panicled grasses in full flower reached over my head, and some of the carices and ferns were almost as tall.

From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John

Since the carices developed so nicely into flax, we have had one great comfort, which we had lost before, in being able to make and use paper.

From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Hale, Edward Everett

Ensconced in "blinds" of rudely-woven carices near the centre of a dreary swamp, we soon had these majestic birds filing close overhead, or flapping past at pistol-range.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

These carices come from the foot of the mountains of Yumariquin and Guanaja.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von




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