Cudweed (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

• Hikers often reported seeing a gentle carpet of cudweed covering the dry sandy plains of the southwestern United States.
• Cudweed added a soft, white hue to the arid desert landscape.
• Local botanists were thrilled to discover a large patch of cudweed in the remote hills of Arizona.
• After a spring rain, the desert floor was sprinkled with the delicate white blooms of cudweed, creating a stunning display of color.
• As the seasons changed, the fluffy appearance of cudweed gave way to its less showy, brown seed heads that would sustain the local wildlife.

Synonyms

• Western Mugwort
• Artemisia Ludoviciana
• Artemisia Gnaphalodes
• White Sage
• Prairie Sage

Hypernyms

• Mugwort

Meaning ²

Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Cotton Rose
• Filago

Hypernyms

• Flower

Hyponyms

• Herba Impia

Meaning ³

Any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Hypernyms

• Everlasting Flower

Hyponyms

• Wood Cudweed
• Gnaphalium Sylvaticum