| NOUN | plant | cottonweed, pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea | an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts |
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| plant | cottonweed | any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America |
| Meaning | An American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts. | |
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| Synonyms | pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea | |
| Member of | Anaphalis, genus Anaphalis | A genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves |
| Broader | everlasting, everlasting flower | Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color |
| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers. | |
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| Member of | Froelichia, genus Froelichia | genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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