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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cudweed \Cud"weed`\ (k?d"w?d`), n. [Apparently fr cud + weed, but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut weed, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.] (Bot.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of {Gnaphalium}, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as {Filago}, {Antennaria}, etc.; cottonweed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cudweed n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color 2: any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads [syn: {cotton rose}, {filago}] 3: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States [syn: {western mugwort}, {white sage}, {prairie sage}, {Artemisia ludoviciana}, {Artemisia gnaphalodes}]
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