cottonweed
1. [ noun ] (botany) American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
Synonyms: Anaphalis_margaritacea pearly_everlasting
Related terms: everlasting Anaphalis
2. [ noun ] (botany) 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
Related terms: herb Froelichia
Similar spelling:   cottonwood
  cottontail