Meaning

1 senses

  1. A water plant, the cattail.

More definitions
  • tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

Origin

From reed + mace.

From reed + mace.

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Forms

plural: reedmaces

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa:cat's-tailbullrushbulrushnailrodreed maceTypha latifolia

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reereedB2reefB1reek

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