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English noun: cottonweed

1. cottonweed (plant) an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts


SynonymsAnaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting


Broader (hypernym)everlasting, everlasting flower


Member meronymAnaphalis, genus Anaphalis

2. cottonweed (plant) 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


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Member meronymFroelichia, genus Froelichia









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