- cottonweed
- noun Date: 1562 any of various weedy plants (as cudweed) with whitish pubescence or cottony seeds
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Cottonweed — Cot ton*weed ( w[=e]d ), n. (Bot.) See {Cudweed}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cottonweed — [kät′ nwēd΄] n. any of various wild plants with a cottony appearance, as the cudweed … English World dictionary
cottonweed — /kot n weed /, n. any of various plants having stems and leaves covered with a soft, hoary pubescence. [1555 65; COTTON + WEED1] * * * … Universalium
cottonweed — noun Any of several unrelated plants that have downy heads, but especially such plants of the genus Froelichia … Wiktionary
cottonweed — n. type of various plants of the genus Froelichia grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers … English contemporary dictionary
cottonweed — noun a yellow flowered aromatic plant of the daisy family, with silvery felted leaves and stems. [Otanthus maritimus.] … English new terms dictionary
cottonweed — cot•ton•weed [[t]ˈkɒt nˌwid[/t]] n. pln any of various wild plants with a hoary down on the leaves and stems • Etymology: 1555–65 … From formal English to slang
cottonweed — noun 1. an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts • Syn: ↑pearly everlasting, ↑Anaphalis margaritacea • Hypernyms: ↑everlasting, ↑everlasting flower • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cudweed — Cud weed (k?d w?d ), n. [Apparently fr. cud + weed, but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut weed, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.] (Bot.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Froelichia — noun genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed • Syn: ↑genus Froelichia • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Amaranthaceae, ↑family Amaranthaceae … Useful english dictionary
