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Princeton's WordNet

  1. groundsel tree, groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, Baccharis halimifolianoun

    a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts

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  1. cotton-seed tree

    Baccharis halimifolia is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Nova Scotia, the eastern and southern United States (from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma), eastern Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo), the Bahamas, and Cuba.Widely used common names include eastern baccharis, groundsel bush, sea myrtle, and saltbush, with consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel tree, menguilié, and silverling also used more locally. In most of its range, where no other species of the genus occur, this plant is often simply called baccharis.

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  1. cotton-seed tree

    A cotton-seed tree refers to a type of tree from which cotton seeds are obtained. These trees are typically part of the genus Gossypium. The seeds are harvested for pressing into cottonseed oil and the production of cotton fabrics. The cottonseed tree is known for its fluffy cotton-like balls that contain the seeds. This definition, however, can be ambiguous in certain contexts as 'cotton-seed tree' is not a widely or scientifically accepted term.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cotton-seed tree in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cotton-seed tree in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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