Cattail (Noun)
Meaning
Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The cattail stood tall in the marsh, its distinctive brown flower spike swaying in the breeze.
- Cattails have been a common sight in the wetlands for centuries, their flat leaves and strong rhizomes helping to stabilize the soil.
- The muskrat's home was a dome of woven cattails and reeds, expertly constructed in the shallow water.
- In the late summer, the cattails along the shoreline turn a lovely shade of golden brown as the seeds begin to mature and disperse.
- A cattail's stately presence adds a touch of elegance to the rough, untamed landscape of the salt marsh.