cattail
/ˈkæt.teɪl/
cattail noun: any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
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Noun
cattail (plural cattails)
- Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
- A cat-o'-nine-tails.
cattail meaning in Tamil and Arabic
cattail in Tamil
- cattail, typha
- பன் paṉ
cattail in Arabic
- any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha
- بُرْدِيّ burdiyy
Synonyms of cattail
Forms of cattail
| plural | cattails |
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Origin of cattail
From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail.
Words formed from cattail
- broadleaf cattail
- Cape cattail
- Caspian cattail
- cattail borer moth
- cattail caterpillar
- cattail conehead
- cattail flash-train firefly
- cattail grass
- cattail gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya var. lasiophylla(
- cattail-leaved lepironia
- cattail millet
- cattail mosquito
- cattail moth
- cattail sedge
- cattail toothpick grasshopper
- cattail wren
- dwarf cattail
- golden cattail sedge
- graceful cattail
- narrow-leaved cattail
- narrow-leaved cattail Diver Moth
- oriental cattail
- Shuttleworth's cattail
- southern cattail
Words that rhyme with cattail
Questions about cattail
- What does cattail mean?
- Cattail means any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
- What is cattail in Tamil?
- Cattail in Tamil is பன் (paṉ). See Cattail meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cattail?
- Cattail is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cattail?
- Cattail is pronounced /ˈkæt.teɪl/.
- What is the plural of cattail?
- The plural of cattail is cattails.
Words near cattail in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cattail (page history and authors); பன் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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