English Explanatory Dictionary

wild cotton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tall weed, resembling milkweed, with a ball-shaped seed pod, Gomphocarpus fruticosus (syn. Asclepias fruticosa) and Gomphocarpus physocarpus (syn. Asclepias physocarpa).
  2. Cotton grass (Eriophorum spp.).
  3. A shrubby herb (Gossypium thurberi) of southern Arizona and Mexico.
  4. Any of the cultivated cottons that have escaped and established themselves in the wild.
  5. Any of several plants of the genera Abutilon and Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus moscheutos.

Pronunciation

en-au-wild cotton.ogg

Word forms

wild cotton

Synonyms

balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweed
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