Definition of Eriophorum

1. Noun. Cotton grass.

Exact synonyms: Genus Eriophorum
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Cyperaceae, Family Cyperaceae, Sedge Family
Member holonyms: Cotton Grass, Cotton Rush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eriophorum

Erin
Erin go bragh
Erinaceidae
Erinaceus
Erinaceus europaeus
Erinaceus europeaeus
Erinyes
Erinys
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya japonica
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon
Eriocaulon aquaticum
Eriodictyon californicum
Eriogonum allenii
Eriophorum (current term)
Eriophorum angustifolium
Eriophyllum
Eriophyllum lanatum
Eriophyllum wallacei
Eriosoma
Eriosoma lanigerum
Eris
Erithacus
Erithacus rubecola
Erithacus svecicus
Eritrea
Eritrean
Eritreans
Erivan

Literary usage of Eriophorum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"Some of the areas mapped as Eriophorum bogs appear to differ considerably ... Some of such Eriophorum bogs appear to have been covered with a much greater ..."

2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1790)
"Eriophorum gracile. Roth in Sims and Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. 1. 150. ... This new Eriophorum flowers late in July, and has long, very slender, perennial roota. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"... found in so many different fields that there is no present fear of ite becoming extinct. On Eriophorum ..."

4. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... and returned to Calcutta, where he died. He was one of the most distinguished students of physical science in BUJI BABBAR. HIND. Eriophorum comosum. ..."

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