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Meaning of spilve | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[spìlve]

Definitions

  1. cottongrass (various species of plants from the sedge family in genus Eriophorum)
  2. locative singular of spilve
  3. little hair-like growths (on plants like cottongrass)

Equivalents

Català herba cotonera
Deutsch Wollgras
English cottongrass
Français linaigrette
Gaeilge cánach
Polski wełnianka
Русский пуши́ца
Svenska ängsull

Examples

“šaurlapu spilve”

blue (lit. narrow-leaved) cottongrass

“platlapu spilve”

broad-leaved cottongrass

“gaisā peldošā spilve”

cottongrass floating in the air

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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