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  2. Typha - Wikipedia

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    Typha / ˈ t aɪ f ə / is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush [4] or (mainly historically) reedmace, [5] in American English as cattail, [6] or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō, bullrush, [7 ...

  3. Typha latifolia - Wikipedia

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    It is known in English as bulrush [4] [5] (sometimes as common bulrush [6] to distinguish from other species of Typha), and in American as broadleaf cattail. [7] It is found as a native plant species throughout most of Eurasia and North America, and more locally in Africa and South America. The genome of T. latifolia was published in 2022. [8]

  4. Euell Gibbons - Wikipedia

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    A Wild Way to Eat (1967) for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School; Stalking the Faraway Places (1973) (collected in) American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes, ed. Molly O'Neill (Library of America, 2007) ISBN 1-59853-005-4; Feast on a Diabetic Diet (1973) Euell Gibbons' Handbook of Edible Wild Plants (1979)

  5. Typha × glauca - Wikipedia

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    These cattails are typically between four and twelve inches. [3] Its leaves originate at the base of the stems and spread outward as they rise. [3] The leaves are long, swordlike, and spongy and have parallel veins. [3] The hybrid cattail’s leaves are typically 0.4-0.6” wide and often taller than the parent plants. [3]

  6. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    Eskimo (definition) From Old Montagnais aiachkimeou ([aːjast͡ʃimeːw]; modern ayassimēw), meaning "snowshoe-netter" (many times incorrectly claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning "eaters of raw [meat]"), and originally used to refer to the Mikmaq. [16] [17] Hickory (definition) From Powhatan <pocohiquara>, "milky drink made with hickory ...

  7. Typha domingensis - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Cattail grows between 2.0 and 2.5 meters in length and has flat sheaths to protect its core. It thrives in marshes and ecosystems where the land has a similarity to wetlands . It can also survive in high salinity water sources, making it much more resilient than similar species to this kind of cattail .

  8. How Aztec Mexico was lost in translation: a wild novel ... - AOL

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    Translator Natasha Wimmer adeptly captures all this whimsy. At the same time, this comedy is a dark one. Cortés and his men are rough mercenaries who rape, plunder and murder without compunction.

  9. Typhaceae - Wikipedia

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    The Typhaceae (/ t aɪ ˈ f eɪ s i i /) are a family of flowering plants, sometimes called the cattail family. [2] The botanical name for the family has been recognized by most taxonomists. Description