| Noun | 1. | genus Gnaphalium - large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucresasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia cudweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color |