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WOOL GRASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass
Synonyms:
Erianthus ravennae; Ravenna grass; wool grass
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wool grass" is a kind of...):
plume grass (a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes)
Holonyms ("wool grass" is a member of...):
Erianthus; genus Erianthus (genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
Synonyms:
Scirpus cyperinus; wool grass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("wool grass" is a kind of...):
sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)
Holonyms ("wool grass" is a member of...):
genus Scirpus; Scirpus (rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs)
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