cottonweed

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cottonweed

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From cotton + weed.

noun cottonweeds

  1. countable, uncountable especially such plants of the genus Froelichia.
  2. countable, uncountable Cottontop, a plant of genus Micropus.

    Similar: cottonseed

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"cottonweed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cottonweed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"cottonweed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cottonweed.

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@misc{cottonweed_2026,
  title = {cottonweed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cottonweed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}