HyperDic: giant_reed

English > 1 sense of the expression giant reed:
NOUNplantgiant reed, Arundo donaxlarge rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles
English > giant reed: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles.
SynonymArundo donax
Member ofArundo, genus ArundoAny of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas
Broaderreedtall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera ... / genera Arundo and Phragmites
CatalanArundo donax

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