cudweed

n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having

flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

2: any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of

small woolly flower heads [syn: {cotton rose}, {filago}]

3: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States

[syn: {western mugwort}, {white sage}, {prairie sage}, {Artemisia

ludoviciana}, {Artemisia gnaphalodes}]