Definition of "donax" [donax]

• A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing rods, etc. (noun)

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• "Arundo donax, which is a giant, but looks well at the front of a border notwithstanding, and the begonia didn't seem in the least cowed."
• "Thousands of hours of practice, outrageously expensive highland dress, a quality pipe and yet it all comes down to less than a square inch of arundo donax; if that quits you might as well have stayed home."
• "The tall grasses Arundo donax and Phragmites karka (narkot) surround oxbows and lakes."