English noun: cottonweed | |||
1. | cottonweed (plant) an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts | ||
Synonyms | Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting | ||
Broader (hypernym) | everlasting, everlasting flower | ||
Member meronym | Anaphalis, 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 meronym | Froelichia, genus Froelichia | ||