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noun
Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:
Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:
Gnaphalium, with species in Eurasia and the Americas
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noun
Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:
Pseudognaphalium, native to North America
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noun
Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:
Filago, of Eurasia and North America
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noun
Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:
Euchiton, native to Australasia and the Pacific
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noun
Any member of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae of several genera:
Helichrysum, occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia.
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noun
Antennaria dioica
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Synonyms: mountain everlasting, stoloniferous pussytoes, catsfoot
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noun
Cudbear, a fungus of species (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: western mugwort, white sage, prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes
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Broader terms: mugwort
noun
any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cotton rose, filago
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: herba impia, Filago germanica
noun
any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: everlasting, everlasting flower
Narrower terms: chafeweed, wood cudweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum
History
From cud + weed, or perhaps an alteration of cottonweed or cut weed (referring to its application to cuts and chafings).
Across languages
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