reed mace

What does reed mace mean?

reed mace 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".

What is another word for reed mace?

Close synonyms include cat's-tail, bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, 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 reed mace a common word?

reed mace is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for reed mace come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.