cottonweed
[ kot-n-weed ]
noun
any of various plants having stems and leaves covered with a soft, hoary pubescence.
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How to use cottonweed in a sentence
Going two miles this morning, we came to a little stream called the Little cottonweed.
Journal of a Trip to California | Charles W. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for cottonweed
cottonweed
/ (ˈkɒtənˌwiːd) /
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
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