HyperDic: cotton_rush

English > 1 sense of the expression cotton rush:
NOUNplantcotton rush, cotton grassany sedge of the genus Eriophorum
English > cotton rush: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes.
Synonymcotton grass
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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