cattail
IPA: kʌtˈeɪɫ
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.
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Examples of "cattail" in Sentences
- This sedge looks somewhat like a cattail.
- Mats were made of cedar bark strips or from cattail plant.
- The narrow leafed cattail is the dominant species in the area.
- Calamus, which is related to the cattail plant, has different strains.
- The most abundant plants include American Lotus, cattail and Spatterdock.
- Plant foods include filamentous algae, lily pods, tule and cattail roots.
- Common cattail is usually found in shallower water than narrow leaf cattail.
- Cowles Bog is a marsh rather than a bog because cattail is the dominant plant.