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reed-mace

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cat⋅tail

[kat-teyl]
–noun
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, esp. T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
Also called bulrush, reed mace.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME cattestail. See cat1 , tail 1
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