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Typha latifolia
(gcide) | Flag \Flag\, n. [From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.]
(Bot.)
An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to
either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
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Cooper's flag, the cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the long
leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels
to make the latter water-tight.
Corn flag. See under 2d Corn.
Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or
rushes.
Flag root, the root of the sweet flag.
Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2.
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Typha latifolia
(gcide) | Water torch \Wa"ter torch`\ (Bot.)
The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which
makes a good torch soaked in oil. --Dr. Prior.
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Typha latifolia
(gcide) | Bulrush \Bul"rush`\ (b[.u]l"r[u^]sh`), n. [OE. bulrysche,
bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush.]
(Bot.)
A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
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Note: The name bulrush is applied in England especially to
the cat-tail (Typha latifolia and {Typha
angustifolia}) and to the lake club-rush ({Scirpus
lacustris}); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and
also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
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Typha latifolia
(gcide) | cattail \cat"tail\, Cat-tail \Cat"-tail\(k[a^]t"t[=a]l), n.
(Bot.)
A tall erect rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing widely
in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword-shaped
leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense
cylindrical spike at the top of the stem; -- called also
bulrush and reed mace. The leaves are frequently used for
seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.
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Note: The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia.
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typha latifolia
(wn) | Typha latifolia
n 1: 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 [syn:
cat's-tail, bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, {reed
mace}, reedmace, Typha latifolia] |
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typha latifolia
(wn) | Typha latifolia
n 1: 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 [syn:
cat's-tail, bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, {reed
mace}, reedmace, Typha latifolia] |
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