† petty cottonn.Obsolete an old name for Gnaphalium and allied plants; also called small cotton.extracted from cottonn.1
petty cotton
† petty cottonn. [after Middle French petit coton] Obsoleterare a kind of cudweed.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herballi. lxii. 90 Of Gnaphalion or Small Cotton..It may be called also Pety Cotton, or small Bombase: in French Petit Coton.