cattail

cat·tail (k

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Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Typha, widespread in marshy places and having long straplike leaves and a dense cylindrical cluster of minute flowers and fruits. Also called reed mace.

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cattail - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes

genus Typha, Typha - reed maces; cattails

bullrush, bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, Typha latifolia - tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

lesser bullrush, narrow-leaf cattail, narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flag, Typha angustifolia - reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia

bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath

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cattail

n (US) → Rohrkolben m, → Kanonenputzer m (inf)

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bullrush
bulrush millet
cat's-tail
cattail family
cattail millet
cereal grass
family Typhaceae
genus Pennisetum
genus Typha
lesser bullrush
nailrod
narrow-leaf cattail
narrow-leaved reedmace
pearl millet
Pennisetum
Pennisetum Americanum
Pennisetum glaucum
reed mace
reedmace

And when the latter was threatened with extinction, Daylight developed one of the shaded springs into his water-cress garden and declared war upon any invading cattail.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

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