cattail

Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.teɪl/

The English word “cattail” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
A cat-o'-nine-tails.

From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.

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