cattail

Meaning

  1. (US, Yorkshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
  2. A cat-o'-nine-tails.

Translations

Typha latifolia

Typha

Katzenschwanz

espadaňa

التّيفا

büyük sukamışı

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkæt.teɪl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.

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