cotton grass

English - Turkish

Definition of cotton grass in English Turkish dictionary

pamuk otu

bataklıkketeni

English - English

Definition of cotton grass in English English dictionary

any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes

Any of various perennial grasslike plants of the genus Eriophorum native chiefly to wet places in northern temperate and cold regions and bearing at maturity one or more conspicuous tufts of cottony bristles

eriophorum

Related Terms

common cotton grass

having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes

Hyphenation

Cot·ton grass

Turkish pronunciation

kôtın gräs

Pronunciation

/ˈkôtən ˈgras/ /ˈkɔːtən ˈɡræs/

Etymology

[ 'kä-t&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English coton, from Middle French, from Arabic qutun.