cudweed
- noun
- /ˈkʌdˌwid/
- Specialized
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cudweed
- Some gardeners deliberately plant cudweed for its unique woolly appearance.
Examples
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The cudweed blooms beautifully in the summer.
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We noticed patches of cudweed growing along the roadside.
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Cudweed thrives in poor, sandy soil and requires minimal maintenance.
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Many cudweeds thrive in sandy soil.
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The gardener planted cudweed among the other wildflowers to add texture and color to the sandy soil.
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In dry regions, cudweed can often be found thriving alongside other hardy plants.
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The soft, woolly leaves of cudweed make it easily recognizable in the wild.
Synonyms
A small rough plant that has soft hairy leaves and pale flower heads
A small woolly plant that grows in dry, sandy places
A small woolly plant in the daisy family that grows in dry, sandy places
A small plant with tight groups of soft woolly flowers
A North American plant with soft, woolly, white flowers or leaves
A small plant with woolly leaves and pale white flowers in damp shady woods
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cudweed puts together cud, meaning 'food cows chew again', and weed, a wild plant. A helpful way to remember it is that the plant's small, woolly flower heads look like little balls of 'cud', so cudweed is the name of a soft, woolly wild plant often found in dry, sandy places.
