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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) 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.
Synonyms: Artemisia gnaphalodes, Artemisia ludoviciana, cotton rose, filago, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage
See Also: chafeweed, everlasting, everlasting flower, Filago germanica, flower, genus Filago, genus Gnaphalium, Gnaphalium, Gnaphalium sylvaticum, herba impia, mugwort, wood cudweed
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