Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wild cotton

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: wild -cot-ton
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Australian usage; Informal; Uncountable

noun

Cotton grass (Eriophorum spp.).

Uncountable

noun

A shrubby herb (Gossypium thurberi) of southern Arizona and Mexico.

Uncountable

noun

Any of the cultivated cottons that have escaped and established themselves in the wild.

Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants of the genera Abutilon and Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus moscheutos.

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweed arizona wild cotton gossypium thurberi

Questions

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

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