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wild cotton

wild cotton noun: a tall weed, resembling milkweed, with a ball-shaped seed pod, Gomphocarpus fruticosus (syn. Asclepias fruticosa) and Gomphocarpus physocarpus (syn. Asclepias physocarpa).

Noun

wild cotton (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, informal) A tall weed, resembling milkweed, with a ball-shaped seed pod, Gomphocarpus fruticosus (syn. Asclepias fruticosa) and Gomphocarpus physocarpus (syn. Asclepias physocarpa).
    Synonyms:
    balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweed
  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.

Synonyms of wild cotton

  • balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweed

Questions about wild cotton

What does wild cotton mean?
Wild cotton means a tall weed, resembling milkweed, with a ball-shaped seed pod, Gomphocarpus fruticosus (syn. Asclepias fruticosa) and Gomphocarpus physocarpus (syn. Asclepias physocarpa).
What part of speech is wild cotton?
Wild cotton is a noun.

Words near wild cotton in the dictionary

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  4. wild child
  5. wild children
  6. wild cotton
  7. wild cucumber
  8. wild cucumbers
  9. wild custard apple
  10. wild custard apples
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