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COTTONWEED

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cot⋅ton⋅weed

[kot-n-weed]
–noun
any of various plants having stems and leaves covered with a soft, hoary pubescence.

Origin:
1555–65; cotton + weed 1
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cot·ton·weed   (kŏt'n-wēd')   
n.  Any of various plants having cottony down, as some species of the genus Froelichia.
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