cattail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cattail
First recorded in 1425–75, cattail is from the late Middle English word cattestail. See cat, tail 1
Example Sentences
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Hull matched Vu's four-under-par 68 in a third round played in difficult, windy conditions on the Whirlwind Golf Club's Cattail Course.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025
Drive past the billboard advertising “year-round fun,” past the closed restaurants and boarded-up houses, past the Tin Cup Trailhead, the Shrine of the Pines sign and the Cattail Cafe.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2013
Cattail Plus: You can use the cattail�s flowers as a flour supplement for your pancakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Protectorate—called the Cattail Kingdom by some and the City of Sorrows by others—was sandwiched between a treacherous forest on one side and an enormous bog on the other.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
I saw the bull rush and Cattail flag today.
From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Lewis, Meriwether
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