cottonweed
English
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Froelichia gracilis, also known as slender snakecotton.
Etymology
cotton + weed
Noun
cottonweed (countable and uncountable, plural cottonweeds)
- Any of several unrelated plants that have downy heads
- especially such plants of the genus Froelichia.
Translations
plants that have downy heads
Froelichia