cudweed

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cud=weed

CIDE DICTIONARY

cudweed, n. [Apparently fr. cud + weed, but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut weed, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cudweed, n. any wild composite plant of the genus Gnaphalium, with scales and round flower-heads, formerly given to cattle that had lost their cud.