cotton_rose
1. [ noun ] (botany) Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
Synonyms: Confederate_rose_mallow Hibiscus_mutabilis Confederate_rose
Related terms: hibiscus
2. [ noun ] (botany) any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
Synonyms: filago cudweed
Related terms: flower herba_impia genus_Filago
Similar spelling:   cotton_rat
  cotton_rush