phrag

English

phrag or common reed, Phragmites australis

Shortening of Phragmites, genus of Phragmites australis.

phrag (uncountable)

Phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
- 2008, Jim Collins, "Connecticut Tidelands", Yankee Magazine, p. 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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