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COTTON ROSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cotton rose mean?
• COTTON ROSE (noun)
The noun COTTON ROSE has 2 senses:
1. Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
2. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
Familiarity information: COTTON ROSE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Confederate rose; Confederate rose mallow; cotton rose; Hibiscus mutabilis
Hypernyms ("cotton rose" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
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)
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