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cat-tail
CIDE DICTIONARY
cat-tail, n.
A tall erect rush or flag (Typha latifolia ) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword-shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense cylindrical spike at the top of the stem; -- called also bulrush and reed mace . The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin. [1913 Webster]
" The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia ."
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