noun
- a small plant with woolly leaves and small yellow or white flowers, often found in fields and waste areas
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The field was dotted with patches of cudweed growing among the grass.
- Cudweed is often considered a common weed in gardens.
- The botanist identified several species of cudweed in the meadow.
- Farmers sometimes struggle to control cudweed in their crops.
- The woolly leaves of cudweed help it retain moisture in dry conditions.
- Small insects often shelter among the dense cudweed plants.