Arundo Donax

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Arundo donax
    n 1: large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and
         in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white
         feathery panicles [syn: {giant reed}, {Arundo donax}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Donax \Do"nax\, n. [L., reed, also a sea fish, Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   A canelike grass of southern Europe ({Arundo Donax}), used
   for fishing rods, etc.
   [1913 Webster]

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