cattail

[ kat-teyl ]

noun
  1. any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.

Origin of cattail

1
First recorded in 1425–75, cattail is from the late Middle English word cattestail.See cat, tail1

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British Dictionary definitions for cat-tail

cat-tail

nounCanadian
  1. another word for bulrush

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