English Explanatory Dictionary

cattail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
A cat-o'-nine-tails.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæt.teɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cattail.wav

Word forms

cattail cattails

Etymology

From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.

Synonyms

bulrush reedmace

Related words

catstail

Derived words

broadleaf cattail Cape cattail Caspian cattail cattail borer moth cattail caterpillar cattail conehead cattail flash-train firefly cattail grass cattail gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya var. lasiophylla( cattail-leaved lepironia cattail millet cattail mosquito cattail moth cattail sedge cattail toothpick grasshopper cattail wren dwarf cattail golden cattail sedge graceful cattail narrow-leaved cattail narrow-leaved cattail Diver Moth oriental cattail Shuttleworth's cattail southern cattail

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