COTTON ROSE

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Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads

Synonyms:

cotton rose; cudweed; filago

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cotton rose" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cotton rose"):

Filago germanica; herba impia ((literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose)

Holonyms ("cotton rose" is a member of...):

genus Filago (genus of small woolly herbs)

Meaning:

Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cotton rose" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)