DITCH REED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ditch reed mean? 

• DITCH REED (noun)
  The noun DITCH REED has 1 sense:

1. tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts

  Familiarity information: DITCH REED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DITCH REED (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carrizo; common reed; ditch reed; Phragmites communis

Hypernyms ("ditch reed" is a kind of...):

reed (tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites)

Holonyms ("ditch reed" is a member of...):

genus Phragmites; Phragmites (reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions)