Meaning of CUDWEED
| Pronunciation: | | 'kud`weed
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Artemisia gnaphalodes, Artemisia ludoviciana, cotton rose, filago, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage |
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| | See Also: | | chafeweed, everlasting, everlasting flower, Filago germanica, flower, genus Filago, genus Gnaphalium, Gnaphalium, Gnaphalium sylvaticum, herba impia, mugwort, wood cudweed | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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