cogon

English

cogon (Imperata cylindrica)

Etymology

From Spanish cogón, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Tagalog and Cebuano kugon.

Noun

cogon (countable and uncountable, plural cogons)

Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica.

Synonyms

cogon grass, cogongrass (US), satintail^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)}, cotton wool grass, silver spike (southern Africa), speargrass (Nigeria), blady grass (Australia)

Translations

Imperata

Malay: lalang, alang-alang
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Fijian: ^{(please verify)} gi (fj), ^{(please verify)} ngi
French: ^{(please verify)} paille de dys, ^{(please verify)} paillotte (fr), ^{(please verify)} impérata cylindrique, ^{(please verify)} impérate
(deprecated template usage) Lao: (yakha)
(deprecated template usage) Mandarin: (Bai Mao Gen)
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Palauan: ^{(please verify)} kasoring
(deprecated template usage) Sinhalese: (illuk)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} cotranh

References

Imperata cylindrica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Imperata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Template:commonslite
Imperata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

Congo, congo