| NOUN | plant | ditch reed, common reed, carrizo, Phragmites communis | tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles |
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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. | |
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| Synonyms | common reed, carrizo, Phragmites communis | |
| Member of | Phragmites, genus Phragmites | reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions |
| Broader | reed | tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera ... / genera Arundo and Phragmites |
| Spanish | bejuco, carrizo, cisca | |
| Catalan | canyís, milloca, Phragmites communis, xisca | |
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