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Cottonweed

Cottonweed \Cot"ton*weed`\ (-w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.) See Cudweed.

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cottonweed

n. 1 Any of several unrelated plants that have downy heads 2 # especially such plants of the genus (taxlink Froelichia genus noshow=1).

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cottonweed

  1. n. American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn: pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea]

  2. 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

Usage examples of "cottonweed".

For feathers he used soft, pubescent cottonweed leaves, running them through the nocks where he’d split the ends.