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phrag

/ˈfɹæɡ/

phrag noun: phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.

phrag: phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass
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Noun

phrag (uncountable)

  1. Phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
    • "Phrag is a monoculture that squeezes out all other species."
    • The two phrag programs have been so successful that funding for similar-scale projects is targeting other locations in the tidelands.2008, Jim Collins, “Connecticut Tidelands”, in Yankee Magazine, page 34
    Synonyms:
    common reed

Synonyms of phrag

Origin of phrag

Shortening of Phragmites, genus of Phragmites australis.

Words that rhyme with phrag

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Questions about phrag

What does phrag mean?
Phrag means phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
What part of speech is phrag?
Phrag is a noun.
How do you pronounce phrag?
Phrag is pronounced /ˈfɹæɡ/.

Words near phrag in the dictionary

  1. PHRA
  2. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
  3. phractolaemid
  4. phractolaemids
  5. Phrae
  6. phrag
  7. phragma
  8. phragmalin
  9. phragmalins
  10. phragmas
  11. phragmata

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