cudweed

Definitions of cudweed

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   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