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reed mace
reed mace
noun
- Also calledpopularlybulrushfalse bulrushcat's-tail a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia , with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae See also bulrush
- a related and similar plant, Typha angustifolia
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reed mace1
First recorded in 1540–50
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Example Sentences
It feeds in July and August in stems of bur-reed (Sparganium), reed-mace, and yellow flag.
From Project Gutenberg
And he nodded in the direction of a patch of the tall, brown, poker-like flowers and leaves of the reed-mace.
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So the burr reed, among the prettiest of all the upright plants growing out of the water, is not a reed, but a reed mace.
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