any of various temperate woolly plants of the genus Gnaphalium, having clusters of whitish or yellow button-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
2.
any of several similar and related plants of the genus Filago, esp F. germanica
cudweed in American English
(ˈkʌdˌwid)
noun
any of several small plants (genus Gnaphalium) of the composite family, with cottony or woolly leaves
Word origin
prob. cud + weed1: of uncertain allusion
Examples of 'cudweed' in a sentence
cudweed
Some dusty-looking clover flowers were still out, and two kinds of cudweed, besides the daisies.