cudweedn.
/ˈkʌdwiːd/, U.S. /ˈkədˌwid/ The common name for the genus Gnaphalium of composite plants, having chaffy scales surrounding the flower-heads; originally proper to G. sylvaticum; extended to other plants, of allied genera, or similar appearance.
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1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.i Centunculus..maye be called in englishe Chafweede, it is called in Yorke shyre cudweede.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 515 English Cudweed hath sundrie slender and vpright stalks.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 76/1 The Cotton Weed or Cud-Weed.
1854 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) iii. 248 The little silvery-looking cudweeds, or Gnaphaliums.
1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Sea-Cudweed, Diotis maritima.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants American Cud-weed, Antennaria margaritacea. Golden C., Pterocaulon virgatum.
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