A name for the species of Gnaphalium and the allied genera.
1562. Turner, Herbal, II. 11 b. Cottenwede … hath lytle softe leaues whiche some vse for downe or stuffinge of beddes.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, cxcv. 515. Of cotton weede, or Cudweede.
1718. Quincy, Compl. Disp., 82. Cotton-weed is of little or no use now.
1861. Miss Pratt, Flower. Pl., III. 183.
