filago
9.9
A small plant with soft, wool-like flower heads in round clusters
- noun
- Specialized
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filago
- The fields were dotted with patches of filago among the grasses.
Examples
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Botanists studied the unique structure of the filago flower heads.
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Some species of filago are used in traditional herbal remedies.
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The filago blooms beautifully in spring.
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I found a filago in the garden yesterday.
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The fields were dotted with patches of filago among the grasses.
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Some species of filago are used in traditional herbal remedies.
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I found a filago in the garden yesterday.
Synonyms
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9.9
A small plant with soft, woolly leaves that grows in dry, sandy soil
is narrower naming specific genus plants with compact woolly head clusters
9.9
A small plant with tight groups of soft woolly flowers
is the botanical term focusing on small woolly heads forming capitate clusters
Compounds
Filago germanica
- Specialized
9.9
A small woolly plant in the daisy family that grows in dry, sandy places
Surface Forms
Etymology
Filago comes from a Latin name for small plants with soft, 'woolly' hairs on their flower heads, so think of a filago as a tiny 'woolly' plant in the grass.