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Webster 1828 Edition

Noun.

A plant, cud-weed, a species of Gnaphalium; but this name is given also to the Centunculus.

chaffweed ‎(plural chaffweeds)

A low glabrous weedy branching herb Centunculus minimus of the family Primulaceae having short dry chafflike leaves.

Centunculus minimus