genus Typha

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Typha - reed maces; cattails Typhaliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedcattail family, family Typhaceae, Typhaceae - perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leavescattail - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes