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cattail

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Etymology

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

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cattail (plural cattails)

  1. (US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
  2. A cat-o'-nine-tails.

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