PHRAGMITES


Meaning of PHRAGMITES in English

[ frag'mʌɪti:z ]

■ noun a tall reed of a genus including the common reed. [Genus Phragmites .]

Origin

mod. L., from Gk phragmitēs 'growing in hedges'.

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