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ERIOPHORUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
Eriophorum; genus Eriophorum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("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 "Eriophorum"):
cotton grass; cotton rush (any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes)
Holonyms ("Eriophorum" is a member of...):
Cyperaceae; family Cyperaceae; sedge family (bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant)