About The Word Cudweed
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Cudweed
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What's The Definition Of Cudweed?
[n] perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
[n] any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads [n] any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color Synonyms | Synonyms for Cudweed: Artemisia gnaphalodes | Artemisia ludoviciana | cotton rose | filago | prairie sage | western mugwort | white sage Related Terms | Find terms related to Cudweed: See Also | chafeweed | everlasting | everlasting flower | Filago germanica | flower | genus Filago | genus Gnaphalium | Gnaphalium | Gnaphalium sylvaticum | herba impia | mugwort | wood cudweed Cudweed In Webster's Dictionary \Cud"weed`\ (k?d"w?d`), n. [Apparently fr. cud + weed,
but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut weed, so
called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.]
(Bot.)
A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and
leaves, primarily a species of {Gnaphalium}, but the name is
now given to many plants of different genera, as {Filago},
{Antennaria}, etc.; cottonweed.
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