Definitions for: Cottonweed


[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



Webster (1913) Definition: Cot"ton*weed` (-w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
See Cudweed.

Synonyms: Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting

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

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