PHRAGMITES Meaning of PHRAGMITES in English [ frag'mʌɪti:z ]■ noun a tall reed of a genus including the common reed. [Genus Phragmites .]Originmod. L., from Gk phragmitēs 'growing in hedges'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004