phragmites

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(frag mī′tēz)


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phrag•mi•tes  (frag mī′tēz),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, esp. the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
  • Greek phragmí̄tēs growing in hedges, equivalent. to phrágm(a) fence, breastwork, screen (noun, nominal derivative of phrássein (Attic phráttein) to fence in, hedge around) + -ītēs -ite1
  • Neo-Latin (1820)

'phragmites' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
phragmoplast - reed

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