cat's-tail

2 definitions found

cat's-tail - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cat's-tail \Cat's"-tail\, n.
     See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
     [1913 Webster]

cat's-tail - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cat's-tail
      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]