Definition of Cudweed. Meaning of Cudweed. Synonyms of Cudweed

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Definition of Cudweed

Cudweed
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.

Meaning of Cudweed from wikipedia

- Cudweed is a common name for several species, and may refer to: in the family Asteraceae Gamochaeta, a plant genus with species in North and South America...
- Common cudweed is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Euchiton involucratus, native to Australia and New Zealand and naturalized in the...
- pensylvanica (Willdenow) Cabrera, 1961. Pennsylvania cudweed Flowers of India, Pennsylvania Cudweed. Gamochaeta pensylvanica USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Gamochaeta...
- names, including ladies' tobacco, California rabbit tobacco, California cudweed, and California everlasting. The plant is native to the west coast of North...
- Gnaphalium exilifolium, the slender cudweed, is a plant species native to the western United States and northern Mexico. It grows in hilly and mountainous...
- the family Asteraceae. In the United Kingdom, it is known as the Jersey cudweed. It is an erect herbaceous biennial up to 70 cm (28 in) tall, branching...
- is commonly known as heath cudweed, wood cudweed, golden motherwort, chafeweed, owl's crown, and woodland arctic cudweed. It is widespread across the...
- plants in the family Asteraceae. It is known as the highland cudweed or Norwegian arctic cudweed. It is native to eastern Canada and Greenland, and widespread...
- Gnaphalium uliginosum, the marsh cudweed, is an annual plant found on damp, disturbed ground and tracks. It is very widespread across much of Europe,...
- Nepal, and Macaronesia. They are sometimes called cottonroses or cudweeds. The name cudweed comes from the fact that they were once used to feed cows that...