HyperDic: cotton_grass

English > 1 sense of the expression cotton grass:
NOUNplantcotton grass, cotton rushany sedge of the genus Eriophorum
English > cotton grass: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes.
Synonymcotton rush
Member ofEriophorum, genus Eriophorumcotton grass
Narrowercommon cotton grass, Eriophorum angustifoliumHaving densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
Broadersedgegrasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
Spanishalgodonosa
Catalancotonera

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