† cudwortn.
Obsolete.
= cudweed n.
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horewortc1400
chafeweed1548
chafewort1548
cudweed1548
cudwort1548
cartafilago1551
cottonweed1562
downweed1562
petty cotton1578
small cotton1578
file-wort1597
live forever1597
livelong1597
life-everlasting1629
white plantain1687
petty coy1736
cat's-foot1739
owl's crown1787
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.ij Cartafilago..is called in english Cudwurt, or Chafewurte.
1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1627) 40 Some doe take a handfull of the hearbe called Cud-wort..& so conueigh it into the beasts mouth to swallow, that hath lost his quide.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Herbe à cotton Cudwort, Chaffweed, Cudweed.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Quide; an Evil that likewise affects Sheep; to cure which take Quidewort, which grows amongst Corn.
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