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Any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America
Answer for the clue "Any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America ", 10 letters:
cottonweed
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Word definitions for cottonweed in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cottonweed \Cot"ton*weed`\ (-w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.) See Cudweed .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several unrelated plants that have downy heads 2 # especially such plants of the genus (taxlink Froelichia genus noshow=1).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts [syn: pearly everlasting , Anaphalis margaritacea ] any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer ...
Usage examples of cottonweed.
For feathers he used soft, pubescent cottonweed leaves, running them through the nocks where he’d split the ends.