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Chafeweed (Noun)

Meaning

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The garden was overrun with chafe-weed, making it difficult to maintain the desired aesthetic.
  • Chafe-weed is often found growing in dry, disturbed areas such as roadsides and construction sites.
  • The woolly foliage of the chafe-weed plant makes it easy to identify in the wild.
  • The dirty white flowers of the chafe-weed bloom in mid-summer, producing a leafy spike that can grow quite tall.
  • Despite its unappealing appearance, chafe-weed has been used in traditional medicine for centuries to treat various ailments.

Synonyms

  • Wood Cudweed
  • Gnaphalium Sylvaticum
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