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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres
 
 Synonyms: genus Gnaphalium
 
 See Also: aster family, Asteraceae, asterid dicot genus, Compositae, cudweed, family Asteraceae, family Compositae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gna*pha"li*um\, n. [Nl., from Gr. ? wool of the
teasel.] (Bot.)
A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and
persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
 

 

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