In her hand was a brown "cattail," perfectly full and round. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Fear] Reference
Rebecca wraps the stem of the cattail, with Hadley's help. From Wordnik.com. [Songs of the Humpback Whale]
Freshwater ponds and marshes are dominated by sawgrass and cattail. From Wordnik.com. [Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida] Reference
"Something," the cat meowed clearly in cat talk, swishing his cattail. From Wordnik.com. [Isle of View]
There was bamboo, cattail trees, and trees with vines we could swing from. From Wordnik.com. [Updates!] Reference
Talut wanted some grain to mix with the cattail root starch for his bouza. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Khisanth spotted a red-winged blackbird springing from a withered cattail. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Wing]
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) next to its house in a cattail-dominated marsh. From Wordnik.com. [Non-tidal marsh] Reference
Besides, cutting cattail heads with a .22 is the best practice in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Why Americans Can't Shoot] Reference
I love the cattail curtains and I actually have a Target within a half hour away. From Wordnik.com. [Like Taking Window Treatments From a Baby - A Dress A Day] Reference
The upper regions of the marsh consist mainly of cattail with large stands of sweet flag. From Wordnik.com. [Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maryland] Reference
We sat at street level, looking down into a muddy band of water surrounted by cattail reeds. From Wordnik.com. [This Mother’s Day | clusterflock] Reference
Originally a mosaic of Atlantic white cedar swamps, floodplain forests, and cattail marshes. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)] Reference
As I floated through the last of the meadows, the spikes of a cattail attracted my attention. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Lanza, M.D.: What Happens When You Die? Evidence Suggests Time Simply Reboots] Reference
He lit a wick of twisted cattail fuzz, lighting up a small Mother figure behind the stone lamp. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
The tidal marshes are dominated by narrowleaf cattail, wild rice, spatterdock and pickerelweed. From Wordnik.com. [Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New York] Reference
The way that works for me is finding where the deer want to go when pushed (like a cattail swamp). From Wordnik.com. [trying a different type of hunting and need some tips] Reference
The southern cattail, Typha domingensis, is the only Typha species that does well in brackish water. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
Transfer the glowing tinder to a bundle of fine grasses, cattail fluff, or other very fine kindling. From Wordnik.com. [How to Find (and Ignite) Six Natural Fire Starters] Reference
But the road drops down to cross a creek, where a small cattail pond has backed up above the culvert. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
One popular elixir, for example, mixes turmeric with cattail pollen, lotus leaf and other ingredients. From Wordnik.com. [Home Cures That Work] Reference
They went out and attached the mats, tying them down with lengths of the tough, stringy cattail leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Plants characteristic of the reserve's mud flats include cattail, marsh mallow, bur-reed and water smartweed. From Wordnik.com. [Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio] Reference
The water flowed from a spring somewhere on the mesa and sank into a cattail marsh at the mouth of the valley. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Never did find out who was stirring up the water, but they had snuck out the other side into the cattail marsh. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
English: pearl millet, bulrush millet, cattail millet, candle millet Ethiopia: bultuk (Oromo), dagusa (Amharic). From Wordnik.com. [4. Pearl Millet] Reference
She began pulling cattail roots, mallow-pith, a few nuts, and other edibles from the outer pockets of her coat. From Wordnik.com. [The Oathbound]
When they finished the hare and the cattail-root biscuits, Ayla gave the leftovers to Wolf, including the bones. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Just outside the entrance flap of the nearest one, Ayla saw a pile of brown cattail roots on a mat of woven reeds. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Wetland species occurring along the shoreline include buttonbush, dogwood, blue flag, river bulrush, cattail and arrowhead. From Wordnik.com. [Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio] Reference
Hadley is showing Rebecca how to twist the stem of a cattail around its furry head, and then pop the head off, a projectile. From Wordnik.com. [Songs of the Humpback Whale]
The Kankakee Marsh ecoregion was once covered by extensive northern swamp forests, wet prairies, and bulrush-cattail marshes. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Indiana and Ohio (EPA)] Reference
After years of eyeing a cattail pond — really more of a marsh — 2 miles from my house, I've decided it's time to fish it. From Wordnik.com. [A Sportman's Life: A Sinking Feeling] Reference
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