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cottonweed
[kot-n-weed]
noun
any of various plants having stems and leaves covered with a soft, hoary pubescence.
cottonweed
/ ˈɒəˌɾː /
noun
a downy perennial plant, Otanthus maritimus, of European coastal regions, having small yellow flowers surrounded by large hairy bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)
any of various similar plants
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cottonweed1
Example Sentences
Going two miles this morning, we came to a little stream called the Little Cottonweed.
Pearly, or Large-flowered, Everlasting; Immortelle, Silver Leaf; Moonshine; Cottonweed; None-so-pretty Anaphalis margaritacea Flower-heads—Numerous pearly-white scales of the involucre holding tubular florets only; borne in broad, rather flat, compound corymbs at the summit.
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