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COTTONWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cottonweed" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("cottonweed" is a member of...):
Froelichia; genus Froelichia (genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
Synonyms:
Anaphalis margaritacea; cottonweed; pearly everlasting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("cottonweed" is a kind of...):
everlasting; everlasting flower (any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)
Holonyms ("cottonweed" is a member of...):
Anaphalis; genus Anaphalis (a genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting)
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