Definition of Typha

1. Noun. Reed maces; cattails.

Exact synonyms: Genus Typha
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Cattail Family, Family Typhaceae, Typhaceae
Member holonyms: Cattail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Typha

Tympanuchus cupido cupido
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Tyndale
Tyndall
Tyndall blue
Tyndall effect
Tyndall phenomenon
Tyndall stone
Tyndallization
Tyne
Tyne River
Tyne and Wear
Tyneside
Tynwald
Type 1 GM1 gangliosidosis
Typha (current term)
Typha angustifolia
Typha latifolia
Typhaceae
Typhlopidae
Typhoean
Typhoeus
Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Marys
Typhon
Tyr
Tyranni
Tyrannidae
Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannus

Literary usage of Typha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"The best known species is the common or broad-leaved cat-tail (typha latifolia), found all over this and nearly all other countries; it 15 often 8 or 10 ft. ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1851)
"W. Hooker and Dr. Arnott, a locality recorded for that rare plant Typha minor, on the authority of Dr. Bromfield, in the following words :'—" I have a ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"Typha. Two species of this water-plant have been chemically investigated. The pollen of T. latifolia contains, according to Braconnot (Ann. Ch. Phys. ..."

4. The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science: The Journal of the Postal by Allen, Postal Microscopical Society (1884)
"Seeds of Typha latifolia have evidently been mounted by a novice, from a specimen ... I should like to see fruit of the Lesser Bulrush (Typha Augustifolia); ..."

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