Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cottongrass

/kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cot-ton-grass
IPA: /kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]"

Etymology

From cotton + grass.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cottongrasses (plural) cotton-grass (alternative) cotton grass (alternative)

Phrases

tawny cottongrass

Synonyms

eriophorum cottonsedge

Questions

How do you pronounce cottongrass?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/.
What does cottongrass mean?: Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family
Where does cottongrass come from?: From cotton + grass.

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