phragmites

phrag mi tes |fragˈmītēz fræɡˈmaɪtiz | ▶noun a common and invasive tall reed. [Genus Phragmites, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the common reed (P. communis ).] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek phragmitēs ‘growing in hedges, ’ from phragma ‘hedge. ’

phragmites

phragmites |fragˈmʌɪtiːz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a common and invasive tall reed. ●Genus Phragmites, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the common or Norfolk reed. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek phragmitēs ‘growing in hedges ’, from phragma ‘hedge ’.