cottonweed
cottonweed · cottonweeds
Any of several not closely related plants that have downy headsAny of several not closely related plants that have downy heads: Especially such plants of the genus Froelichia.
Meaning
2 sensesAny of several not closely related plants that have downy heads
(countable, uncountable)Especially such plants of the genus Froelichia.
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
(countable, uncountable)Cottontop, a plant of genus Micropus.
Origin
From cotton + weed.From cotton + weed.
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Forms
plural: cottonweeds| Singular | cottonweed |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts:pearly everlastingAnaphalis margaritacea
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable