cotton rose

cotton rose
noun
1. Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
Hypernyms: ↑hibiscus
2. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
Syn: ↑cudweed, ↑filago
Hypernyms: ↑flower
Hyponyms: ↑herba impia, ↑Filago germanica
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Filago

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noun
2. : filago 2; especially : an annual herb (Filago germanica) with capitate clusters of woolly heads — called also herba impia

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