chafeweed
Cudweed, which was used as a remedy for chafingCudweed (Gnaphalium), which was used as a remedy for chafing.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, uncountable)Cudweed (Gnaphalium), which was used as a remedy for chafing.
More definitions
- weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike
Origin
From chafe + weed.From chafe + weed.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike:wood cudweedGnaphalium sylvaticum
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable