phragmites

[ frag-mahy-teez ]

/ frægˈmaɪ tiz /

noun

any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).

Origin of phragmites

< New Latin (1820) < Greek phragmī́tēs growing in hedges, equivalent to phrágm(a) fence, breastwork, screen (noun derivative of phrássein (Attic phráttein) to fence in, hedge around) + -ītēs -ite¹

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Example sentences from the Web for phragmites

It feeds from August to October on the leaves of the reed (Phragmites), hiding by day in the stems.

The Moths of the British Isles, First Series |Richard South
Dr. William Marshall writes, that it only breeds in certain localities where a large water reed (Phragmites arundinacea) abounds.

Darwinism (1889) |Alfred Russel Wallace
Other plants identified on the area were: common reed grass (Phragmites communis) and slender grass wort (Salicornia europea).

Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima |Glen E. Woolfenden
It feeds from April to June in the stems of reed (Phragmites), causing the leaves of the affected stems to whiten.

The Moths of the British Isles, First Series |Richard South

It feeds on the common reed (Phragmites) in the autumn, and hybernates till the following spring, when it resumes its feeding.

Butterflies and Moths |William S. Furneaux

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