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COMMON COTTON GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common cotton grass mean? 

COMMON COTTON GRASS (noun)
  The noun COMMON COTTON GRASS has 1 sense:

1. having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumesplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON COTTON GRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON COTTON GRASS (noun)


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Meaning:

Having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common cotton grass; Eriophorum angustifolium

Hypernyms ("common cotton grass" is a kind of...):

cotton grass; cotton rush (any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes)


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