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phragmites|frægˈmaɪtiːz| [mod.L. (C. B. Trinius Fundamenta Agrostographiæ (1820) 134), f. Gr. ϕραγµίτης growing in hedges.] = reed n.1 4. Also attrib.
1920Blackw. Mag. May 650/1 It may be necessary to cleave a passage..—cutting through papyrus, tearing at the tangling Phragmites, severing the long stems of the water-convolvulus. 1946F. E. Zeuner Dating Post iii. 56 Peats growing under or at the water level: Phragmites peat (peat formed by the Common Reed and similar plants growing in shallow water). 1957E. E. Evans Irish Folk Ways xv. 217 Large lake rushes provided materials for caulking..and phragmites stems for winding yarn in the shuttle. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. viii. 201 Phragmites reeds cut transversely and possibly left over from making arrow shafts,..abound in the upper layers of the cave. 1965P. Wayre Wind in Reeds xi. 156 Little pockets of phragmites had sprung up in the odd corners and shallow bays all round the main [gravel] pit. 1977New Yorker 5 Sept. 23/2 An impenetrable marsh of phragmites..and other plants clogs the length of the channel. |