gnaphalium

WORDNET DICTIONARY

gnaphalium(n = noun.plant) genus gnaphalium - large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres;

is a kind of asterid dicot genus

is a member of aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae

gnaphalium, n. [Nl., from Gr. wool of the teasel.].

A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting. [1913 Webster]