cudweed

(kud′wēd′)

noun

any of several small plants (genus Gnaphalium) of the composite family, with cottony or woolly leaves

Origin: prob. cud + weed: of uncertain allusion

See cudweed in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cud·weed

noun

Any of various woolly plants of the genus Gnaphalium in the composite family, having small whitish or yellowish flower heads.
Any of several similar and related plants in the genus Filago.

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