phragmites

[ frag-mahy-teez ]

/ frægˈmaɪ tiz /

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noun

any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).

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Origin of phragmites

<New Latin (1820) <Greek phragmī́tēs growing in hedges, equivalent to phrágm(a) fence, breastwork, screen (noun derivative of phrássein (Attic phráttein) to fence in, hedge around) + -ītēs-ite¹

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How to use phragmites in a sentence

The Papyrus antiquorum, ten feet high, has much the same habit as our Phragmites and other water plants.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot
Hides by day in the old stems of reed (Phragmites), and feeds at night on the leaves, August to October.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South
It feeds from August to October on the leaves of the reed (Phragmites), hiding by day in the stems.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South
It feeds from April to June in the stems of reed (Phragmites), causing the leaves of the affected stems to whiten.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South

Dr. William Marshall writes, that it only breeds in certain localities where a large water reed (Phragmites arundinacea) abounds.
Darwinism (1889)|Alfred Russel Wallace