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ˈcotton-grass A general name for the species of Eriophorum, referring to its heads of long white silky hairs.
1597Gerarde Herbal i. xxi. §1. 27 Cotton grasse groweth vpon bogs. 1854S. Thomson Wild Fl. iii. (ed. 4) 170 The hare-tail cotton grass..blossoms in March. 1884Jefferies Red Deer ii. 28 Acres of cotton-grass, waving like little white flags in the wind. |