wild cotton

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Noun

wild cotton (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweed

2. Cotton grass (Eriophorum spp.).
3. A shrubby herb (Gossypium thurberi) of southern Arizona and Mexico.
4. Any of the cultivated cottons that have escaped and established themselves in the wild.
5. Any of several plants of the genera Abutilon and Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus moscheutos.

Translations

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

• Japanese: フウセントウワタ (fūsentōwata), フウセンダマノキ (fūsendamanoki)
• Kikuyu: mũkangarithi class 3