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Catkin
An ament a species of inflorescence consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides as in the willow and poplar and as to the staminate flowers in the chestnut oak hickory etc so called from its resemblance to a cats tail See Illust of Ament...
Phleum
A genus of grasses including the timothy Phleum pratense which is highly valued for hay cats tail grass...
Club rush
A rushlike plant the reed mace or cat tail or some species of the genus Scirpus See Bulrush...
Grass tree
An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoeliga having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous grasslike leaves from the center of which arises a long stem bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat tail These plants are often called ldquoblackboysrdquo from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire They yield two kinds of fragrant resin called Botany bay gum and Gum Acaroides...
Reed mace
The cat tail...
Cat
Cat. (1) A cat is not the subject of larceny at Common Law: for the punishment for stealing a cat, see (English) Larceny Act, 1861, s. 21; for maliciously killing or wounding, see (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 41; and for painful experiment on, see (English) Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 s. 5. See further as to cruelty, ANIMALS.(2) The instrument (cat o' nine tails) with which criminals are flogged in England. [See Whipping.] It consists of nine lashes of whipcord tied on to a wooden handle....
Serval
An African wild cat Felis serval of moderate size called also serval cat It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length Its color is tawny with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail...
Cat o nine tails
a whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back called also the cat It was used in the British Navy to maintain discipline on board sailing ships...
Margay
A small American wild cat Felis wiedi syn Felis tigrina ranging from Mexico to Brazil It is spotted with black Called also long tailed cat...
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