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kex

Pronunciation: /kɛks/

The English word “kex” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
  2. A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
  3. A dry husk or covering.

Etymology

From Middle English kex. Origin unknown; but compare Welsh cecys (“hollow stalks”) and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”), apparently from the same source as Latin cicūta (“hemlock”).

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