cotton grass

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noun

any rushlike plant constituting the genus Eriophorum, of the sedge family, common in swampy places and bearing spikes resembling tufts of cotton.

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Origin of cotton grass

First recorded in 1590–1600; so called from its cottonlike heads

Words nearby cotton grass

cotton bush, cotton cake, cotton candy, cotton flannel, cotton gin, cotton grass, cotton gum, cotton mill, cottonmouth, cotton on, cotton picker

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How to use cotton grass in a sentence

The one caveat: Asprey advises only buying butter made from grass-fed or pastured cows.
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A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tom Cotton credits Harvard as the place where he “discovered political philosophy as a way of life.”
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With a pop of color and fun print, this cotton pair is not at all stuffy.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

May we suggest Friendly Fox, a crotched animal made from 100-percent cotton.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Blue Ivy in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Everywhere cattle were being sold for a trifle, as there was no grass upon which they could feed.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for cotton grass

cotton grass

noun

any of various N temperate and arctic grasslike bog plants of the cyperaceous genus Eriophorum, whose clusters of long silky hairs resemble cotton tuftsAlso called: bog cotton

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