wild cotton

noun

1

: cotton grass

2

a

: a shrubby herb (Gossypium thurberi) of southern Arizona and Mexico

b

: any of various cultivated cottons that have escaped and established themselves in subtropical or tropical areas

3

: any of several plants of the genera Abutilon and Hibiscus (especially H. moscheutos)

4

Australia : any of various milkweeds

especially : either of two milkweeds (Asclepias fruticosa and A. physocarpa) that have been introduced into Australia from South Africa and are poisonous to cattle

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