TYPHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Typha mean? 

• TYPHA (noun)
  The noun TYPHA has 1 sense:

1. reed maces; cattails

  Familiarity information: TYPHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYPHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reed maces; cattails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Typha; Typha

Hypernyms ("Typha" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Typha"):

cattail (tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes)

Holonyms ("Typha" is a member of...):

cattail family; family Typhaceae; Typhaceae (perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves)