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cudweed

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

noun cudweeds

  1. countable, uncountable Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America
  2. countable, uncountable Gnaphalium, with species in Eurasia and the Americas
  3. countable, uncountable Pseudognaphalium, native to North America
  4. countable, uncountable Filago, of Eurasia and North America
  5. countable, uncountable Euchiton, native to Australasia and the Pacific
  6. countable, uncountable Helichrysum, occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia.
  7. countable, uncountable Antennaria dioica

    Similar: mountain everlasting, stoloniferous pussytoes, catsfoot

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

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noun flowering plant of the genus Gnaphalium or Pseudognaphalium

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"cudweed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cudweed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"cudweed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cudweed.

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@misc{cudweed_2026,
  title = {cudweed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cudweed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}