cattail
Noun
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Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves;
Cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes (synset 112176100)is a type of: bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heathsubtypes:- bullrush, bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, typha latifolia - 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
- lesser bullrush, narrow-leaf cattail, narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flag, typha angustifolia - reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
belongs to: genus typha, typha - reed maces; cattails
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