cogon
cogon (Imperata cylindrica)
Meaning
Noun
- Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica.
Related
Similar words
- cogon grass, cogongrass (US), satintail, cotton wool grass, silver spike (southern Africa), speargrass (Nigeria), blady grass (Australia)
Origin
- From Spanish cogón, from Tagalog and Cebuano kugon.
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