any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
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any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
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perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
source: WordNet 3.0
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.