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Definition of Chafeweed
1. Noun. Weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike.
Definition of Chafeweed
1. n. The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
Definition of Chafeweed
1. Noun. The cudweed (''Gnaphalium''), used to prevent or cure chafing. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chafeweed
Literary usage of Chafeweed
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1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"See chafeweed. Prior, p. 42. Chalice-flower. Phillips (Fl. Histórica, i. 99)
gives this as an old name for Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. We have not met ..."
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