Found 2 items, similar to cudweed.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cudweed cudweed n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color 2: any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads [syn: cotton rose, filago] 3: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States [syn: western mugwort, white sage, prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana , Artemisia gnaphalodes]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster]