genus froelichia

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1. genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	caryophylloid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	cottonweed,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	amaranth family, amaranthaceae, family amaranthaceae,
definition	:	cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs (noun.plant)