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CUDWEED

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cud⋅weed

[kuhd-weed]
–noun
1. any of the woolly, composite plants of the genus Gnaphalium, having simple leaves and tubular flowers.
2. any of various plants of allied genera.

Origin:
1540–50; cud + weed 1
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cud·weed   (kŭd'wēd')   
n.  
  1. Any of various woolly plants of the genus Gnaphalium in the composite family, having small whitish or yellowish flower heads.

  2. Any of several similar and related plants in the genus Filago.

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