Keck·sy n.; pl. Kecksies Bot. The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.]
Nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. --Shak.
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Kex n.
1. Bot. A weed; a kecksy.
Though the rough kex break
The starred mosaic. --Tennyson.
2. A dry husk or covering.
When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly. --Holland.
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