Cottongrass

//kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family uncountable, usually

    "As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]"

Synonyms

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cottonsedgeeriophorum

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"As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]"

Etymology

From cotton + grass.

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tawny cottongrass

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