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ERIOPHORUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cotton grass

Synonyms:

Eriophorum; genus Eriophorum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Eriophorum" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Eriophorum"):

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

Holonyms ("Eriophorum" is a member of...):

Cyperaceae; family Cyperaceae; sedge family (bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant)

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