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PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
Synonyms:
carrizo; common reed; ditch reed; Phragmites communis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phragmites communis" is a kind of...):
reed (tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites)
Holonyms ("Phragmites communis" is a member of...):
genus Phragmites; Phragmites (reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions)
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