Definition of cattail Cattail

cat•tail

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What does cattail mean?

Noun Plural: cattails
cattail - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
		bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
		genus typha, typha reed maces; cattails
		cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, typha latifolia, bullrush, bulrush 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