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Cattail

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

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Bulrush 76% connected

A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cat's-tail 76% connected

See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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