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Cattail

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reednoun(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
leavedverb(chiefly in combination, sometimes heraldry) Having a leaf, leaves or folds.
pollennounA fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
bulrushnounAny of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
carbunginounAn Australian cattail (Typha angustifolia)
cat-tail sedgenounCarex typhina (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America
water plantainnounAny of several plants, of the genus Alisma, that inhabit marshy places
reedmacenounA water plant, the cattail.
tapegrassnounAny of various aquatic flowering plants in the Hydrocharitaceae family.
calthanoun(botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
catstailnountimothy grass (Phleum pratense)
eelgrassnounZostera spp. in marine environments
matweednounAny of several maritime grasses.
cooper's flagnounA plant, the cattail.
taxodiumnounAny of the genus Taxodium of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.
tarweednounAny of various American flowering plants that have sticky leaves.
cumbunginoun(Australia) Any of several Australian perennial herbs of the genus Typha, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis.
mare's-tailnounA long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud.
cyperusnounAny sedge of genus Cyperus.
toetoenoun(New Zealand) Any of various tall grasses native to New Zealand, especially of the genus Austroderia.

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