reed mace

noun

cattail.

Origin of reed mace

First recorded in 1540–50

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Historical Examples of reed mace

It feeds in July and August in stems of bur-reed (Sparganium), reed-mace, and yellow flag.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series
Richard South
And he nodded in the direction of a patch of the tall, brown, poker-like flowers and leaves of the reed-mace.
Dick o' the Fens
George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for reed mace

reed mace

noun

Also called: (popularly) bulrush, false bulrush, cat's-tail a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family TyphaceaeSee also bulrush (def. 2)
a related and similar plant, Typha angustifolia

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