wild cotton

noun

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

Similar
balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweedArizona wild cottonGossypium thurberi
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Meanings

nounwild cotton (uncountable)
  1. AustraliainformaluncountableA tall weed, resembling milkweed, with a ball-shaped seed pod, Gomphocarpus fruticosus (syn. Asclepias fruticosa) and Gomphocarpus physocarpus (syn. Asclepias physocarpa).

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

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
balloon cotton, swan plant; (in USA) milkweed

More synonyms by meaning

nounshrub of southern Arizona and Mexico

Similar
Arizona wild cottonGossypium thurberi
Broader
cottoncotton plant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Japanese フウセントウワタ, フウセンダマノキ
  • フウセントウワタ (fūsentōwata)Gomphocarpus fruticosus
  • フウセンダマノキ (fūsendamanoki)Gomphocarpus fruticosus
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wild cotton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20cotton.

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