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/kɒt.n̩ ɡɹɑːs/ · noun
Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family.
As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]
Use cottongrass when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cottongrass means Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family.
Common synonyms include cottonsedge, eriophorum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]
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