cat's-tail

1 of 2

noun

variants or less commonly cat's-tail grass

plural cats'-tails

: any of several grasses of the genus Phleum

especially : timothy

cat's-tail

2 of 2

variant of cattail sense 1

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English cattestail, a kind of plant, probably mullein, from cattes (genitive of cat entry 1) + tail

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