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Cottonweed

Cottonweed Meaning & Definition
Cottonweed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cottonweed?

[n] any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
[n] American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cottonweed: Anaphalis margaritacea | pearly everlasting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cottonweed:

See Also | Anaphalis | everlasting | everlasting flower | Froelichia | genus Anaphalis | genus Froelichia | herb | herbaceous plant

Cottonweed In Webster's Dictionary

\Cot"ton*weed`\ (-w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.) See {Cudweed}.

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