/frag muy"teez/ , n.
any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, esp. the common reed P. australis (or P. communis ).
[ phragmítes growing in hedges, equiv. to phrágm ( a ) fence, breastwork, screen (n. deriv. of phrássein (Attic phráttein ) to fence in, hedge around) + -ites -ITE 1 ]