cannach Sc.
(ˈkanəx)
Also canna.
[a. Gaelic cánach.]
The Cotton-grass (Eriophorum).
| 1803 A. Grant Poems 42 (Jam.) The downy cannach of the wat'ry moors. 1804 Grahame Sabbath 244 Where the leafless cannachs wave their tufts Of silky white. 1810 Scott Lady of L. ii. xv, Still as the canna's hoary beard. 1852 D. Moir Desert. Churchyard, The hoary cannach. |