chafeweed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

chafeweed
    n 1: weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly
         foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike [syn:
         {chafeweed}, {wood cudweed}, {Gnaphalium sylvaticum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chafeweed \Chafe"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
   The cudweed ({Gnaphalium}), used to prevent or cure chafing.
   [1913 Webster]

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