cudweed

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English

California cudweed (Pseudognaphalium californicum)

Etymology

From cud +‎ weed, or perhaps an alteration of cottonweed or cut weed (referring to its application to cuts and chafings).

Noun

cudweed (countable and uncountable, plural cudweeds)

  1. Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:
    1. Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America
    2. Gnaphalium, with species in Eurasia and the Americas
    3. Pseudognaphalium, native to North America
    4. Filago, of Eurasia and North America
    5. Euchiton, native to Australasia and the Pacific
    6. Helichrysum, occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia.
  2. Antennaria dioica
    Synonyms: mountain everlasting, stoloniferous pussytoes, catsfoot
  3. Cudbear, a fungus of species (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea)

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