An old name of Cudweed, Filago Germanica.

A name given by Turner to the plant Gnaphalium sylvaticum; extended by Gerard to other species of Gnaphalium and the allied Filago; applied by…

A name given by Turner to Filago germanica.

The common name for the genus Gnaphalium of composite plants, having chaffy scales surrounding the flower-heads; originally proper to G. sylvaticum…

= cudweed, n.

Given by Turner as an English name of Gnaphalium sylvaticum or Filago germanica.

A name for the species of Gnaphalium and the allied genera.

common cudweed or cottonrose, Filago vulgaris.

With qualifying word prefixed: corkwood cotton n. the silky down of Ochroma Lagopus (cf. silk-cotton, n.). French cotton n. the silky down of Calotrop…

With qualifying word prefixed: corkwood cotton n. the silky down of Ochroma Lagopus (cf. silk-cotton, n.). French cotton n. the silky down of Calotrop…

Gerarde's rendering of botanical Latin fīlāgo, the name of a genus of plants.

Any of several plants belonging to the family Asteraceae (Compositae) having flowers which retain their shape and colour when dried; esp. cudweed…

Any of various plants of the family Asteraceae (Compositae) having flowers which retain their colour and shape when dried; esp. the pearly…

Any of several cudweeds and similar plants of the family Asteraceae (Compositae) with everlasting flowers; esp. pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margari…

any of various plants with whitish foliage or flowers: (a) U.S. any of several cudweeds, esp. Gnaphalium americanum; (b) either of two plantains, Pl…

a kind of cudweed, perhaps Filago minima (cf. petty cotton n.).

A plant (still used in both senses). Mountain Cudweed, Antennaria dioica.

heath (or wood) cudweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum; (also) common cudweed, Filago vulgaris.