cattail
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cattail_%28Typha_sp%29.jpg/220px-Cattail_%28Typha_sp%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkæt.teɪl/ A rare example of gemination in English.
Noun
[edit]cattail (plural cattails)
- Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
- A cat-o'-nine-tails.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
|