REED MACE Definition & Meaning

reed mace

reed mace

Also calledpopularlybulrushfalse bulrushcat's-tail a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia , with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae See also bulrush
a related and similar plant, Typha angustifolia

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First recorded in 1540–50

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In the low marshy meadows were willows, 51 a kind of reed mace, cotton grass, rushes, and, in the water, adder's tongue.

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So the burr reed, among the prettiest of all the upright plants growing out of the water, is not a reed, but a reed mace.

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And in her long wet hair were the white flowers of the water-violet, and she held a reed mace in her hand.

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