PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phragmites communis mean? 

• PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS (noun)
  The noun PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS 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: PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("Phragmites communis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Phragmites communis" is a member of...):

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