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cudweed.

Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:

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Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera: Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America

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  2. Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera: Gnaphalium, with species in Eurasia and the Americas

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  3. Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera: Pseudognaphalium, native to North America

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  4. Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera: Filago, of Eurasia and North America

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  5. Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera: Euchiton, native to Australasia and the Pacific

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  6. Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera: Helichrysum, occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia.

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  7. Antennaria dioica

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  8. Cudbear, a fungus of species (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea)

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Where this word comes from

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

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