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cudweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cud-weed
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Antennaria dioica

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

cudweeds (plural)

Phrases

alpine arctic cudweed arctic cudweed Arizona cudweed bighead pygmycudweed California cudweed common cudweed creeping cudweed Dominican cudweed

Synonyms

mountain everlasting stoloniferous pussytoes catsfoot western mugwort white sage prairie sage artemisia ludoviciana artemisia gnaphalodes

Questions

What does cudweed mean?
Any member of the species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, of several genera:
Where does cudweed come from?
From cud + weed, or perhaps an alteration of cottonweed or cut weed (referring to its application to cuts and chafings).

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