typha latifolia

5 definitions found

typha latifolia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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     Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or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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  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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  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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  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]