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TYPHA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Reed maces; cattails

Synonyms:

genus Typha; Typha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Typha" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Typha"):

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

Holonyms ("Typha" is a member of...):

cattail family; family Typhaceae; Typhaceae (perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves)

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