Chafeweed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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