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cudweed

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cudweed

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n
any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
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n
perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
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n
any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cudweed
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n any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads

Synonyms:
cotton rose, filago
Types:
Filago germanica, herba impia
(literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose
Type of:
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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n perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States

Synonyms:
Artemisia gnaphalodes, Artemisia ludoviciana, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage
Type of:
mugwort
any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
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n any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

Types:
Gnaphalium sylvaticum, chafeweed, wood cudweed
weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike
Type of:
everlasting, everlasting flower
any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
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