wool grass

1. 1.

   sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets

   SynonymsScirpus cyperinus

   Broadersedge

   Part ofScirpus
2. 2.

   grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass

   SynonymsRavenna grassErianthus ravennae

   Broaderplume grass

   Part ofErianthus

Questions about wool grass

What does wool grass mean?

wool grass means "sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wool grass?

Close synonyms include Scirpus cyperinus, Ravenna grass, Erianthus ravennae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wool grass a common word?

wool grass is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.