cudweed

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noun

Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America

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mountain everlastingstoloniferous pussytoescatsfootcotton rosefilagowestern mugwortwhite sageprairie sage
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Meanings

nouncudweed (countable and uncountable, plural cudweeds)

plural cudweeds

  1. Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:
    1. countableuncountableGamochaeta, with species in North and South America
    2. countableuncountableGnaphalium, with species in Eurasia and the Americas
    3. countableuncountablePseudognaphalium, native to North America
    4. countableuncountableFilago, of Eurasia and North America
    5. countableuncountableEuchiton, native to Australasia and the Pacific
    6. countableuncountableHelichrysum, occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia.
  2. countableuncountableAntennaria dioica

    Synonyms: mountain everlasting, stoloniferous pussytoes, catsfoot

  3. countableuncountableCudbear, a fungus of species (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAntennaria dioica

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mountain everlastingstoloniferous pussytoescatsfoot

More synonyms by meaning

nounany plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads

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cotton rosefilago
Broader
flower

nounperennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States

Similar
western mugwortwhite sageprairie sageArtemisia ludovicianaArtemisia gnaphalodes
Broader
mugwort
Also see
cudbearwhite sage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Bulgarian смин
  • смин (smin)flowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium
Dutch droogbloem
  • droogbloemflowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium
Finnish jäkkärä
  • jäkkäräflowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium
Hungarian gyopár
  • gyopárflowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium
Polish szarota
  • szarotaflowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium
Portuguese gnafálio
  • gnafálioflowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium
Welsh edafeddog
  • edafeddogflowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium
Cite this entry
APA

cudweed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudweed

MLA

“cudweed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudweed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cudweed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudweed.

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