Căt's'-tāil, n.

n. (Bot.) (a.) A tall weed or flag (Typha latifolia), with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, &c. (b.) A kind of grass, Phleum pratense;—often called timothy-grass, timothy, and herd's-grass. (c.) A catkin. See CATKIN.