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nouncogongrass (countable and uncountable, plural cogongrasses)
plural cogongrasses
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of cogon grass; cogon.
It also includes $208,000 to control a weed known as cogongrass in Mississippi; $1.2 million to control cormorants in Michigan, Mississippi, New York and Vermont; $1 million to control Mormon crickets in Utah; and $162,000 to control rodents in Hawaii.
2009 February 26, Robert Pear, “House Passes Spending Bill, and Critics Are Quick to Point Out Pork”, in New York Times
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cogongrass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogongrass
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“cogongrass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogongrass. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cogongrass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogongrass.
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