filago

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of low, annual, cottony herbs, belonging to the Compositæ, and nearly related to Gnaphalium. There are 8 or 10 widely distributed species, 3 of which are found on the Pacific coast of North America. The cotton-rose or herb impious of Europe, F. Germanica, is also naturalized in the United States.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads