phragmite

plural phragmites

1. Synonym of phragmites (“reed”).

   […] phragmite reeds and grasses near the edges.

   1947, Royal Entomological Society of London, page 20

   4 more examples

   […] phragmite beds around the country will turn up other instances of this behavior. A word of advice : Start looking before the new green reeds begin sprouting, as it is very difficult to find the nests as the growth becomes denser.

   1993, Bird Watcher's Digest, volume 16, page 8

   [She saw a] reed, a phragmite, at Thea's end, its plumed head bent toward the water. Could she have mistaken it for a gray-haired woman?

   2002, Raine Zygmunt, The She-Wood, page 24

   […] phragmite reeds, sloping down from a center pole, supported by a circular frame of slender alder poles lashed together.

   2011, Jean M. Auel, The Land of Painted Caves (with Bonus Content), page 634

   [She held a] reed-like plant. "This is a phragmite. If an applicant plants enough of these, it counteracts the building." She handed the phragmite to me." You can keep that.

   2024, Elizabeth Castellano, Save What's Left: A Novel, page 96

   Synonyms: phragmites