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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

reed mace
    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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   Note: The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia.
         [1913 Webster]

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