noun
(literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose
• Syn: ↑Filago germanica
• Hypernyms: ↑cotton rose, ↑cudweed, ↑filago
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\\ˌ(h)ərbəˈimpēə\ nounEtymology: Latin, literally, undutiful or unfilial herb; from the fact that small branches shoot out from the top of the main stem and on top of the parent stem
: a cotton rose (Filago germanica)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.