cottonweedn.
A name for the species of Gnaphalium and the allied genera.
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horewortc1400
chafeweed1548
chafewort1548
cudweed1548
cudwort1548
cartafilago1551
cottonweed1562
downweed1562
petty cotton1578
small cotton1578
file-wort1597
live forever1597
livelong1597
life-everlasting1629
white plantain1687
petty coy1736
cat's-foot1739
owl's crown1787
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 11v Cottenwede..hath lytle softe leaues whiche some vse for downe or stuffinge of beddes.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 515 Of Cotton weede, or Cudweede.
1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 82 Cotton-weed is of little or no use now.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 183.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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