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COTTON ROSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cotton rose" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cotton rose"):
Filago germanica; herba impia ((literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose)
Holonyms ("cotton rose" is a member of...):
genus Filago (genus of small woolly herbs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
Synonyms:
Confederate rose; Confederate rose mallow; cotton rose; Hibiscus mutabilis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("cotton rose" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
