"woolgrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: woolgrasses [plural]
Etymology: wool + grass Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wool|grass}} wool + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} woolgrass (usually uncountable, plural woolgrasses)
  1. Scirpus cyperinus, a herbaceous emergent that is native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Sedges Derived forms: woolgrass bulrush

Inflected forms

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