Typhan.
/ˈtʌɪfə/ Botany.
A genus of aquatic herbs (type of the N.O. Typhaceæ), containing the common cat's-tail or reed-mace ( T. latifolia).
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bulrushc1440
holrushc1440
glagol1480
cat's tail1548
reedmace1548
Typha1548
sun's brow1567
marsh beetle1578
marsh pestle1578
mat-rush1578
pole rush1578
water torch1578
water cat's-tail1597
ditch-down1611
doda1661
club-rush1677
deer-hair1777
club-grass1787
draw-ling1795
raupo1823
tule1837
boulder1847
blackheads1850
cat-o'-nine-tails1858
flax-tail1861
bull-sedge1879
mace reed1901
totora1936
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.vjv Typha groweth in fennes & watersydes among the reedes... It is called in englishe cattes tayle, or a Reedmace.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 143 The water-lentil of our marshes, as well as the typha of our rivers, has the middle of it's leaf swelled.
1838 M. Howitt Birds & Flowers 58 Typha strong, and green bur-reed.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 688 The pollen of some species of Typha is edible.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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