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Cudweed

Definition: Cudweed

Cudweed

Noun

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.

3. Perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Cudweed

Synonyms: cotton rose (n), filago (n), prairie sage (n), western mugwort (n), white sage (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cudweed

English words defined with "cudweed": CassidonyDownweedLife everlasting. (references)

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Expression: Cudweed

Expression using "cudweed": wood cudweed. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cudweed

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cudweed

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cudweed

Language Translations for "cudweed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

бял смил (cotton-weed). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sumpevighedsblomst (marsh cudweed, US low cudweed), kuglemuseurt (common cudweed), gul evighedsblomst (jersey cudweed), agermuseurt (field cudweed). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

droogbloem. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ahojäkkärä. (various references)

   

French

  

cottonnière des champs (field cudweed), cottonnière d'Allemagne (common cudweed), gnaphale des marais (marsh cudweed, US low cudweed), gnaphale blanc jaunâtre (jersey cudweed). (various references)

   

German

  

Sumpf-Ruhrkraut (marsh cudweed, US low cudweed), gelbes Ruhrkraut (jersey cudweed), deutsches Filzkraut (common cudweed), deutsches Fadenkraut (common cudweed), Acker-Filzkraut (field cudweed), Acker-Fadenkraut (field cudweed). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γναφάλιο το κιτρινόλευκο (jersey cudweed), γναφάλιο το ελόβιο (marsh cudweed, US low cudweed), φιλάγο το γερμανικό (common cudweed), φιλάγο το άγριο (field cudweed). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyopár (cottonweed). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gnafalio bianco (jersey cudweed), gnafalio acquatico (marsh cudweed, US low cudweed), filonica smilza (field cudweed), filonica (common cudweed). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

udweedcay

   

Russian 

  

сушеница (cotton-weed). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrsta biljke (calceolaria, calendula, campion, candytuft, cuckooflower, delphinium, genista, sisal, sow-thistle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vitnoppa (jersey cudweed), ullört (field cudweed), sumpnoppa (marsh cudweed, US low cudweed), klotullört (common cudweed). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cudweed

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Filago arvensis L., Filago germanica L., Filago vulgaris Lam., Gnaphalium luteo-album L., Gnaphalium uliginosum L., Logfia arvensis Holub.. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cudweed

Derivations

Words beginning with "cudweed": cudweeds. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Cudweed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caedewen. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Cudweed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-u-w"

-1 letter: deduce, deuced, educed.

-2 letters: ceded, deuce, dewed, educe.

-3 letters: cede, cued, deed, duce, dude, weed.

-4 letters: cee, cud, cue, dee, dew, dud, due, ecu, ewe, wed, wee, wud.

-5 letters: de, ed, we.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-d-e-e-u-w"
 

+1 letter: cudweeds, duckweed.

 

+2 letters: duckweeds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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