COTTONWEED

cottonweed

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cottonweed (countable and uncountable, plural cottonweeds)

Any of several unrelated plants that have downy heads

especially such plants of the genus Froelichia.

Source: Wiktionary


Cot"ton*weed` (-wd`), n. (Bot.)

Definition: See Cudweed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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