GNAPHALIUM

Gnaphalium, genus Gnaphalium

(noun) large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

gnaphalium (plural gnaphaliums)

Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.

Source: Wiktionary


Gna*pha"li*um, n. Etym: [Nl., from Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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