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Cudweed

Cudweed Meaning & Definition
Cudweed Definition And Meaning

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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