English > carrizo: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| 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. |
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| Synonyms | ditch reed, common reed, Phragmites communis |
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| Member of | Phragmites, genus Phragmites | reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions |
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| Broader | reed | tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera ... / genera Arundo and Phragmites |
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| Spanish | bejuco, carrizo, cisca |
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| Catalan | canyís, milloca, Phragmites communis, xisca |
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