cattail
noun
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.
cattails
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pluralof cattail.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was close to sunset when I took my shoes off and waded deep past the bank of reeds and cattails.
From Salon ● May 11, 2024
The resulting structure, which uses filtered river water, resembles a series of towering metal cattails.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Sitting in my red kayak, I was too busy trying to navigate the next rapid, a narrow water trail that shot through a dense grove of cattails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Inundating the land, and allowing the ancient bulrushes and cattails to return—or potentially cultivating rice—would stop those emissions immediately, and even store carbon as new plants grow.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 2022
In it were cattails and arrow-leaf—good starchy foods.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
