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reed mace

NOUN
  1. tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

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  • Its botanical name is great reed mace. Times, Sunday Times
  • Its botanical name is great reed mace. Times, Sunday Times
  • The water runs with the deep sparkle of cut glass; forget-me-nots grow about it, and reed mace, and figwort and bittersweet; waterhens wander in the shaven grass of its brim, and dabchicks go plump in the current like cricket-balls. Highways and Byways in Surrey
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