Donax \Do"nax\, n. [L., reed, also a sea fish, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) A canelike grass of southern Europe ({Arundo Donax}), used for fishing rods, etc.
Arundo donax n : large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large gray-white feathery panicles [syn: {giant reed}]