Cudweed Definition
kŭdwēd
noun
Any of several small plants (genus Gnaphalium) of the composite family, with cottony or woolly leaves.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- filago
- cotton rose
- Artemisia gnaphalodes
- white sage
- Artemisia ludoviciana
- prairie sage
- western mugwort
Other Word Forms of Cudweed
Noun
Singular:
cudweed
Plural:
cudweedsOrigin of Cudweed
-
cud + weed, or perhaps a corruption of cottonweed or cutweed (referring to its application to cuts and chafings).
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