cottonweed

Pronunciation:		'kâtn`weed
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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 [n] American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts

	Synonyms:	Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting

	See Also:	Anaphalis, everlasting, everlasting flower, Froelichia, genus Anaphalis, genus Froelichia, herb, herbaceous plant

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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