cat-tail

British  

noun

1. another word for bulrush

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cat-tail

Redlands business Precious Creature initially only offered full-body taxidermy of pets until customers started suggesting other ideas, such as lockets containing patches of fur and cat-tail necklaces.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

Beyond there was a detachment learning how to put rush bottoms into chairs, twisting wet cat-tail leaves and wrapping them about the edges of frames.

From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith

And he stretched himself, and buried his head in his bed of cat-tail down, because the daylight was trickling in through his doorway.

From The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse by Diane Petersen

The Mephistophelian and mocking character of Lox is strongly shown when he says, "Nothing but a cat-tail or bulrush can kill me," this being evidently an allusion to Glooskap.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland

But one nest was all they could find—a ball of grasses fastened between two cat-tail flags.

From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Louis Agassiz Fuertes