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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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