cottongrass

English

hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum)

Alternative forms

• cotton-grass, cotton grass

Etymology

From cotton +‎ grass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/

Noun

cottongrass (usually uncountable, plural cottongrasses)

1. Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family
   • 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 20:

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

Synonyms

• cottonsedge

Translations

Eriophorum

• Catalan: herba cotonera f
• Chukchi: ӄъочап (qʺočap)
• German: Wollgras (de) n
• Irish: canach m
• Russian: пуши́ца (ru) f (pušíca)
• Welsh: eira’r gors m

References

• cottongrass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eriophorum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eriophorum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons