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1 : confederate rose
2 : filago sense 2 especially : an annual herb (Filago germanica) with capitate clusters of woolly heads

— called also herba impia

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“Cotton rose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20rose. Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

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