Noun has 2 senses

• cotton rose(n = noun.plant) confederate rose, confederate rose mallow, hibiscus mutabilis - Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States;


• cotton rose(n = noun.plant) cudweed, filago - any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads;