reedmace
/ˈriːdmeɪs/
noun
- A tall plant that grows in wet areas, with long, flat leaves and a brown, fuzzy, sausage-shaped flower head at the top of the stem.
- We saw a patch of reedmace growing by the edge of the pond.
- Children sometimes call reedmace 'cattail' because the flower head looks like a cat's tail.
- The brown heads of reedmace are often used in dried flower arrangements.
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