n.
Pronunciation: frag- ' m ī - ˌ t ē z
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phragmit ē s growing in hedges, from phragma fence, hedge, from phrassein to enclose
Date: 1877
: any of a genus ( Phragmites ) of widely distributed reeds with tall stems and large showy panicles resembling plumes