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cottonweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cot-ton-weed
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several not closely related plants that have downy heads

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several not closely related plants that have downy heads

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From cotton + weed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cottonweeds (plural)

Synonyms

cottonseed pearly everlasting anaphalis margaritacea

Questions

What does cottonweed mean?
Any of several not closely related plants that have downy heads
Where does cottonweed come from?
From cotton + weed.

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