n. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium, related to the daisy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The popular name of the common species of Gnaphalium. Also called chafeweed.
n. Same as cudbear, 2.
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n. any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
n. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
n. perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
Word Usage
"Artemisias and Gnaphaliums, like our southernwood and cudweed, but six or eight feet high; while Buttercups, Violets, Whortleberries,"