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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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