"cottongrass" meaning in English

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          "word": "cottonsedge"
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          "word": "cotton-grass"
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          "word": "cotton grass"
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          "sense": "Eriophorum",
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          "word": "herba cotonera"
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          "sense": "Eriophorum",
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          "sense": "Eriophorum",
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          "word": "eira’r gors"
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  "word": "cottongrass"
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      "word": "herba cotonera"
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  "word": "cottongrass"
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