Definition of Eriophorum angustifolium

1. Noun. Having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes.

Exact synonyms: Common Cotton Grass
Generic synonyms: Cotton Grass, Cotton Rush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eriophorum Angustifolium

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

Literary usage of Eriophorum angustifolium

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1905)
"Eriophorum angustifolium. Sphagnum ipp. Of these, the first two are the only species ... Eriophorum angustifolium. 5. Erica cinerea. 1. Erica Tetralix. 5. ..."

2. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"Eriophorum angustifolium and pubes- cens. Can we count more species than these two ? Winch says, in the Flora of Northumberland and Durham, ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Formerly confused with the next preceding species. June-Sept. 8. Eriophorum angustifolium Roth. Tall Cotton-grass. Fig. 798. ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"Almost the only vegetation is afforded by the creeping shoots of Eriophorum angustifolium, which bind together to some extent the loose peat. ..."

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