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PRONUNCIATION OF COTTON GRASS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COTTON GRASS

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Cotton grass is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COTTON GRASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eriophorum

Eriophorum is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae, the sedge family. They are found throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere in acid bog habitats, being particularly abundant in Arctic tundra regions. They are herbaceous perennial plants with slender, grass-like leaves. The seed heads are covered in a fluffy mass of cotton which are carried on the wind to aid dispersal. In cold Arctic regions, these masses of translucent fibres also serve as 'down' – increasing the temperature of the reproductive organs during the Arctic summer by trapping solar radiation.

Definition of cotton grass in the English dictionary

The definition of cotton grass in the dictionary is any of various N temperate and arctic grasslike bog plants of the cyperaceous genus Eriophorum, whose clusters of long silky hairs resemble cotton tufts Also called: bog cotton.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COTTON GRASS

cotton batting
cotton belt
cotton bud
cotton bush
cotton cake
cotton candy
cotton flannel
cotton gin
cotton goods
cotton industry
cotton lace
cotton mill
cotton on
cotton picker
cotton sedge
cotton stainer
Cotton State
cotton to
cotton waste
cotton wool

WORDS THAT END LIKE COTTON GRASS

beargrass
bent grass
Bermuda grass
bluegrass
brass
buffalo grass
cutting grass
get off the grass
grass
Greengrass
Kentucky bluegrass
lemon grass
meadow grass
pampas grass
rye-grass
snake in the grass
supergrass
switchgrass
tallgrass
turfgrass
wheatgrass

Synonyms and antonyms of cotton grass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cotton grass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COTTON GRASS

Find out the translation of cotton grass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cotton grass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cotton grass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

棉花草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la hierba de algodón
570 millions of speakers

English

cotton grass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कपास घास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العشب القطن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пушицево
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grama de algodão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুলো ঘাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coton herbe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumput kapas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wollgras
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

綿の草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

면 잔디
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Katun suket
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ bông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பருத்தி புல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कापूस गवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pamuk otu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

erba di cotone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bawełna trawy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пушіцевимі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bumbac iarbă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαμβάκι γρασίδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

katoen gras
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bomull gräs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myrull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cotton grass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COTTON GRASS»

The term «cotton grass» is normally little used and occupies the 115.998 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COTTON GRASS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cotton grass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COTTON GRASS»

Discover the use of cotton grass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cotton grass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands
Tall cotton-grass: Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. 59 Other common names: Bog cotton, cotton-grass, hare's tail, tawny cotton-grass. Eriophorum: name from Greek erion, "wool or cotton", and phoros, "bearing", from the appearance of the ...
Sylvan T. Runkel, Dean M. Roosa, 2010
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The Complete Plant Selection Guide for Landscape Design
ERIOPHORUM (continued) E . latifoiium E. vaginalum Broad Leaf Cotton Grass Hare's Toil Cotton Grass HYSTRIX BOTTLEBRUSH GRASS Bottlebrush Grass H. patula JUNCUS RUSH J. effusus Common Rush MILIUM MILLET GRASS Wood  ...
Marc C. Stoecklein, 2001
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The National Wetland Plant List
FACU UPL FACU Cushion Wild Buckwheat Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL Tall Cotton-Grass Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A. Mey. OBL Closed-Sheath Cotton-Grass Eriophorum callitrix ...
Robert Lichvar, 2012
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The Snowy Owl
The rodent may be able to survive on other plants, but breeding beneath winter's snow depends on the availability of Cotton—grass shoots and buds on tussocks. The Siberian Lemming is perfectly adapted for life under snow in tussocky ...
Eugene Potapov, Richard Sale, 2013
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Water Pollution VIII: Modelling, Monitoring and Management
Experiments on a) the use of cotton grass fibre as oil sorbent and thus dampening of negative petroleum effects on organisms, b) potential of bacterial oil degradation (biodegradation) within cotton grass on water-oil surface, and c) the effects ...
C. A. Brebbia, J. S. Antunes do Carmo, 2006
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Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie Provinces
..E. russeolum RUSSET COTTON-GRASS 2. Plants densely cespitose, not spreading by rhizomes; sterile scales at base of spikelet usually 10-15 4. Cauline sheath with conspicuous white margin (becoming straw-coloured on drying); scale ...
Heinjo Lahring, 2003
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The British flora
(Hans-tail Cotton-grass); stem above triangular, sheaths below with long setaceous leaves, above leafless obtuse inflated, spike ovate. E. Bot. t. 873. E. Fl. v. i.p. 66. Turf-bogs and barren moors, not unfrequent, especially in the mountainous ...
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1831
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CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference
(1) Eriophorum alpinum; (2) ALPINE COTTON- GRASS; (3) cyperaceae; (4) Isle Royale National Park 10359. (1) Eriophorum angustifolium; (2) SCABRIUSCULUM, SUBARCTICUM, TALL COTTON-GRASS; (3) cyperaceae; (4 ) Acadia National ...
Tim Johnson, 1998
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CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific ...
1930. in English: cotton panic grass, weeping cotton grass, cotton grass D. brunoana Raimondo East Africa. Perennial, rhizomatous, leaves triangular, digitate racemes, spikelets in threes, lower glume often absent, upper glume hairy, lower ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2006
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Vegetation of the Peak District
These transitional areas are marked on the vegetation maps by stippling red dots over the colour used for the cotton-grass moor. A glance at the map will show that such areas are abundant and widespread, especially east of Derwent dale ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COTTON GRASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cotton grass is used in the context of the following news items.
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Southrepps sell-out fair 'beyond wildest dreams'
The SSSI is home to about 170 plant species, including four types of orchid, cotton grass and bog bean - the trust's symbol. A team of about 40 ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jun 15»
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Your pictures of Scotland: 12-19 June
Cotton grass blowing in the wind at New Pitsligo, Fraserburgh. Photo by Paul Cameron. Buachaille Etive Mor at dawn. Neil Barr, from Glasgow, ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
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Picnic spots in the North East: Best places to dine al fresco in the …
It contains specialised plants such as bog asphodel, bog bean, cotton grass, ragged robin and marsh thistle and has been designated a Site of ... «ChronicleLive, Jun 15»
4
Asburn Preschoolers Celebrate Earth Day With Ladybug Release
Chesterbrook has three locations in Ashburn at: 43800 Clemens Terrace, 22695 Cotton Grass Way and 20424 Ashburn Village Blvd. Learn ... «Leesburg Today, Apr 15»
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How Little Seeds Shaped Human History in Big Ways
Picture of cotton grass seed heads in wind. Wind is one means of seed dispersal. These are cotton grass seed heads. Photograph by Michael ... «National Geographic, Apr 15»
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These 6 Wilderness Retreats Will Have You Dreaming of the Great …
... the Greenland Sea, and scouting Arctic fox, hare, and loon during treks through fields of cotton grass. The camp's first season opens on Aug. «TIME, Apr 15»
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The Pennine Way at 50: where to eat, drink and stay along the route
... turned to meadows of white-waving cotton grass, noisy with the song of the larks suspended invisibly overhead (and the sense that somehow ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Nature travel writers on the UK places that inspire them
All around is flat and silent bog tinged blood-red by the stalks of cotton grass. And then the wind dies, and stillness occurs, like the slowing of a ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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SKOL: Climate change muzzle is beyond absurd
As the season advances, the bog will display bog-laurel, leather-leaf, bog rosemary and mountain holly with cotton grass, small cranberry, ... «The Courier Life News, Apr 15»
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How Bradford is playing a part in new scheme to catalogue plant life
... wild flowers, grasses, ferns and some sedges such as cotton grass,” says Kevin. “Woodlands would probably have plants including bluebells, ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Apr 15»

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