phrag

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English

phrag or common reed, Phragmites australis

Etymology

Shortening of Phragmites, genus of Phragmites australis.

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phrag (uncountable)

  1. Phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
    • 2008, Jim Collins, “Connecticut Tidelands”, in Yankee Magazine, page 34:
      "Phrag is a monoculture that squeezes out all other species."
      The two phrag programs have been so successful that funding for similar-scale projects is targeting other locations in the tidelands.

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