cudweed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cudweed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cudweed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cudweed n any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads Synonym(s): cotton rose, cudweed, filago perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States Synonym(s): western mugwort, white sage, cudweed, prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cudweed \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.