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A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.

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  1. n. A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
  2. n. any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
  3. n. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
  4. n. perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
  5. A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
  6. A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves,primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to manyplants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
  7. n. any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color