Bulrush
Bulrush noun - Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.
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Cattail
Cattail noun - Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes.
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- As for his last name, "rogoz" is the Russian word for typha (AKA bulrush or cattail), a plant with a wide variety of uses (including healing).
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