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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 .

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 ...

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).

Usage examples of cottonweed.

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