cat's-tail

1. 1.

   tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

   Synonymsbullrushbulrushnailrodreed macereedmaceTypha latifolia

   Broadercattail

Questions about cat's-tail

What does cat's-tail mean?

cat's-tail means "tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa".

How many syllables are in cat's-tail?

cat's-tail has 2 syllables: cat'-s-tail. The stress falls on "cat'".

What is another word for cat's-tail?

Close synonyms include bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cat's-tail a common word?

cat's-tail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.