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cotton grass

DEFINITIONS OF: cotton grass

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n any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes

Synonyms:
cotton rush
Types:
Eriophorum angustifolium, common cotton grass
having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
Type of:
sedge
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
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