cattail
pronunciation
How to pronounce cattail in British English:
UK ['kætˌteɪl]
How to pronounce cattail in American English:
US ['kætˌteɪl]
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- Noun:
- tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
Word Origin
- cattail (n.)
- also cat's tail, type of plant, mid-15c., from cat (n.) + tail (n.).
Example
- 1. A breeze would come to you from time to time as if the god was shaking a cattail leaf fan in the distance .
- 2. Cattail , water grass , spike rush and various sedges established naturally in the wetlands .
- 3. Be located in cattail city county to protect south countryside shanxi village 6 groups , it is grave of tai ling 's exclusive a be buried with the dead .
- 4. The owner stood up abruptly . Throwing away the cattail leaf fan , he said with great indignation , " mother , what they asked me to do was not to peel bananas , but to lose face for all chinese ! Don 't you see ? "