cogon

English

cogon (Imperata cylindrica)

Etymology

From Spanish cogón, from Tagalog kugon 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), illuk, satintail, cotton wool grass, silver spike (southern Africa), speargrass (Nigeria), blady grass (Australia)

Translations

Imperata

Cebuano: cogon
Khmer: ស្បូវ (km) (sbəw)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} цр́вен ба́рон m (cŕven báron)
Malay: lalang (ms), alang-alang
Vietnamese: cỏ tranh

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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
Lao: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (yakha)
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} bai mao gen
Palauan: ^{(please verify)} kasoring
Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (illuk)

References

Imperata cylindrica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Imperata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Imperata cylindrica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Imperata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

Congo, congo