GENUS ERIOPHORUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eriophorum mean? 

• GENUS ERIOPHORUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS ERIOPHORUM has 1 sense:

1. cotton grass

  Familiarity information: GENUS ERIOPHORUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ERIOPHORUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cotton grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eriophorum; genus Eriophorum

Hypernyms ("genus Eriophorum" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eriophorum"):

cotton grass; cotton rush (any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes)

Holonyms ("genus Eriophorum" is a member of...):

Cyperaceae; family Cyperaceae; sedge family (bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant)