| cotton rose 
 
 1. Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night;
 widely cultivated;
 naturalized in southeastern United States
 • Syn:
 Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis
 • Hypernyms:
 hibiscus
 2. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
 • Syn:
 cudweed, filago
 • Hypernyms:
 flower
 • Hyponyms:
 herba impia, Filago germanica
 • Member Holonyms:
 genus Filago
 
 
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