cattail
noun/ˈkæt.teɪl/
Etymology From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.
1
US, Historical 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.
- Derived terms
- broadleaf cattail, Cape cattail, Caspian cattail, cattail borer moth, cattail caterpillar, cattail conehead, cattail flash-train firefly, cattail grass, cattail gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya var. lasiophylla(, cattail-leaved lepironia, cattail millet, cattail mosquito, cattail moth, cattail sedge, cattail toothpick grasshopper, cattail wren, dwarf cattail, golden cattail sedge, graceful cattail, narrow-leaved cattail, narrow-leaved cattail Diver Moth, oriental cattail, Shuttleworth's cattail, southern cattail
- Related terms
- catstail