1. cudweed(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color;
is a kind of everlasting, everlasting flower
is a member of genus gnaphalium, gnaphalium
has particulars: chafeweed, gnaphalium sylvaticum, wood cudweed
2. cudweed(n = noun.plant) cotton rose, filago - any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads;
is a kind of flower
is a member of genus filago
has particulars: filago germanica, herba impia
3. cudweed(n = noun.plant) artemisia gnaphalodes, artemisia ludoviciana, prairie sage, western mugwort, white sage - perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States;
is a kind of mugwort
A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of
cudweed, n. any wild composite plant of the genus Gnaphalium, with scales and round flower-heads, formerly given to cattle that had lost their cud.