typha latifolia

What does typha latifolia mean?

typha latifolia 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 typha latifolia?

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

typha latifolia 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.

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