cottongrass en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/
Etymology
From cotton + grass.
Meanings
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(uncountable, 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cottongrasses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| cotton-grass | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cotton grass | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (12)
tr pamuk otu (Eriophorum) · ga canach (Eriophorum) · ga ceannbhán (Eriophorum) · ja ワタスゲ属 (Eriophorum) · cy eira’r gors (Eriophorum) · pl wełnianka (Eriophorum) · ckt ӄъочап (Eriophorum) · tr bataklık keteni (Eriophorum) · tr fıkara saçı (Eriophorum) · de Wollgras (Eriophorum) · ca herba cotonera (Eriophorum) · ru пуши́ца (Eriophorum)