CUDWEED

cudweed

(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cudweed (countable and uncountable, plural cudweeds)

Any of many of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae

Gamochaeta, a plant genus with species in North and South America

Gnaphalium, a plant genus with species in Eurasia and the Americas

Pseudognaphalium, a plant genus native to North America

Filago, a plant genus in Eurasia and North America

Euchiton, a plant genus native to Australasia and the Pacific

Helichrysum, a plant genus occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia.

Cudbear (Lecanora tartarea)

Source: Wiktionary

Cud"weed` (kd"wd`), n Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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