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cattail
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cattail has 1 sense
- cattail(n = noun.plant) Array - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes; Array is a member of genus typha, typha
has particulars: bullrush, bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, typha latifolia, lesser bullrush, narrow-leaf cattail, narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flag, typha angustifolia
is a kind of bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
cattail, 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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