NOUN | plant | wool grass, Scirpus cyperinus | sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets |
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plant | wool grass, Ravenna grass, Erianthus ravennae | grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass |
Meaning | sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets. | |
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Synonym | Scirpus cyperinus | |
Member of | Scirpus, genus Scirpus | rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs |
Broader | sedge | grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers |
Meaning | grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass. | |
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Synonyms | Ravenna grass, Erianthus ravennae | |
Member of | Erianthus, genus Erianthus | genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs |
Broader | plume grass | A reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes |
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