“cotton root”

The following 2 entries include the term cotton root.

cotton-root bark

noun

: the recently gathered air-dried bark of the roots of various cultivated cottons (especially Gossypium herbaceum) formerly used as an emmenagogue

cotton root rot

noun

: a destructive wilting and browning disease of cotton and other plants in the Southwest caused by a fungus (Phymatotrichum omnivorum)


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