Phrase guide

wood cudweed

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A weedy plant of species Gnaphalium sylvaticum, found in the north temperate zone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chafeweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cudweed

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَرْسِيَّة حَرْجِيَّة (barsiyya ḥarbiyya) — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Azerbaijani: meşəlik qurucası — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 林地鼠麴草 /林地鼠曲草 (líndì shǔ qū cǎo) — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Dutch: bosdroogbloem — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Finnish: ahojäkkärä — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • French: gnaphale des bois — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • German: Wald-Ruhrkraut — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Italian: canapicchia comune — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Latvian: meža zaķpēdiņa — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Norwegian: skoggråurt — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Polish: szarota leśna — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Russian: сушени́ца лесна́я (sušeníca lesnája) — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Russian: сушени́ца топяна́я (sušeníca topjanája) — Gnaphalium sylvaticum
  • Swedish: skogsnoppa — Gnaphalium sylvaticum