Meanings
nounphrag (uncountable)
- uncountablePhragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
"Phrag is a monoculture that squeezes out all other species." The two phrag programs have been so successful that funding for similar-scale projects is targeting other locations in the tidelands.
2008, Jim Collins, “Connecticut Tidelands”, in Yankee Magazine, page 34Synonyms: common reed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPhragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
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Origin
Shortening of Phragmites, genus of Phragmites australis.
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Rhymes with phrag
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APA
phrag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrag
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“phrag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrag. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phrag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrag.
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