cat's tail
/ˈkætsˌteɪl/
noun
- A plant with a long, dense, cylindrical flower spike, especially a cattail or bulrush.
- Children love to pick the brown tops of cat's-tail growing near the marsh.
- The pond was surrounded by tall cat's-tail plants swaying in the breeze.
- We used dried cat's-tail leaves to weave a small basket.
- The flower spike of such a plant.
- Each cat's-tail is made up of hundreds of tiny flowers.
- The fluffy seeds of the cat's-tail scattered across the field.
- She brought home a cat's-tail to put in a vase on the windowsill.
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