Cudweed
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:; Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America countable, uncountable
- 2 perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States wordnet
- 3 Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:; Gnaphalium, with species in Eurasia and the Americas countable, uncountable
- 4 any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads wordnet
- 5 Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:; Pseudognaphalium, native to North America countable, uncountable
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- 6 any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color wordnet
- 7 Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:; Filago, of Eurasia and North America countable, uncountable
- 8 Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:; Euchiton, native to Australasia and the Pacific countable, uncountable
- 9 Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:; Helichrysum, occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia. countable, uncountable
- 10 Antennaria dioica countable, uncountable
- 11 Cudbear, a fungus of species (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea) countable, uncountable
Etymology
From cud + weed, or perhaps an alteration of cottonweed or cut weed (referring to its application to cuts and chafings).
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