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cottongrass

/kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/

cottongrass noun: various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family.

cottongrass: various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family
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Noun

cottongrass (usually uncountable, plural cottongrasses)

  1. (usually) Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family
    • As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 20
    Synonyms:
    eriophorum, cottonsedge

Synonyms of cottongrass

Forms of cottongrass

pluralcottongrasses
alternative formcotton-grass
alternative formcotton grass

Origin of cottongrass

From cotton + grass.

Words formed from cottongrass

Questions about cottongrass

What does cottongrass mean?
Cottongrass means various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family.
What part of speech is cottongrass?
Cottongrass is a noun.
How do you pronounce cottongrass?
Cottongrass is pronounced /kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/.
What is the plural of cottongrass?
The plural of cottongrass is cottongrasses.

Words near cottongrass in the dictionary

  1. cottonee
  2. cottonees
  3. Cottones
  4. cottonfield
  5. cottonfields
  6. cottongrass
  7. cottongrasses
  8. cottongum
  9. Cottonian
  10. cottoning
  11. cottoning on

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