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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 cat·tail, Cat-tail n. Bot. A tall erect rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword-shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense cylindrical spike at the top of the stem; -- called also bulrush and reed mace. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.
 Note: ☞ The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cattail
      n : tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in
          fresh and salt marshes