- cottony-white
- adjectiveof something as white as cotton-
cottony-white clouds
• Similar to: ↑achromatic, ↑neutral
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cottony-white
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white sage — noun perennial cottony white herb of southwestern United States • Syn: ↑western mugwort, ↑cudweed, ↑prairie sage, ↑Artemisia ludoviciana, ↑Artemisia gnaphalodes • Hypernyms: ↑mugwort * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
cottony-cushion scale — /kot n ee koosh euhn/ a scale insect, Icerya purchasi, native to Australia, now a common pest in the citrus growing regions of California. [1885 90] * * * Scale insect (Icerya purchasi, order Homoptera) that is a pest especially of California… … Universalium
cottony — cotton ► NOUN ▪ a soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant, used to make cloth or thread for sewing. ► VERB informal (cotton on) ▪ begin to understand. DERIVATIVES cottony adjective. ORIGIN Arabic … English terms dictionary
cottony maple scale — noun : a brown oval soft scale (Pulvinaria innumerabilis) that in summer becomes covered with a white cottony secretion beneath which its eggs are laid, that is widespread in No. America, and that attacks and often kills various native and… … Useful english dictionary
cottony rot — noun also cottony mold Etymology: so called from the fluffy white masses appearing on the rotted tissue : a fungous disease of various plants caused by a fungus (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) that produces wilt and rot of the stem and often of other… … Useful english dictionary
white mold — noun 1. : cottony rot 2. : any of several diseases of plants that resemble cottony rot and are caused by fungi especially of the genus Ramularia or Erostrotheca … Useful english dictionary
white scale — noun : any of various white or pale scales: as a. : an oleander scale (Aspidiotus hederae) b. : cottony cushion scale c. : rose scale … Useful english dictionary
prairie sage — noun perennial cottony white herb of southwestern United States • Syn: ↑western mugwort, ↑white sage, ↑cudweed, ↑Artemisia ludoviciana, ↑Artemisia gnaphalodes • Hypernyms: ↑mugwort * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
Artemisia gnaphalodes — noun perennial cottony white herb of southwestern United States • Syn: ↑western mugwort, ↑white sage, ↑cudweed, ↑prairie sage, ↑Artemisia ludoviciana • Hypernyms: ↑mugwort … Useful english dictionary
Artemisia ludoviciana — noun perennial cottony white herb of southwestern United States • Syn: ↑western mugwort, ↑white sage, ↑cudweed, ↑prairie sage, ↑Artemisia gnaphalodes • Hypernyms: ↑mugwort … Useful english dictionary
