gnaphalium ( g silent)

[Lat.gnaphalium, gnaphalion; Gr. gnaphalion =either the cudweed or the lavender cottonweed.] Bot.: Cudweed. The typical genus of the Gnaphaliese (q. v.). The heads are bi-sexual, the receptacle flat and naked. About 100 species are known. *gnar ( g silent), *gnarre, *knarre, *knur, *knurr, s. [Cf. O. Dut. knor; Dut. knorf =a knot; Dan. knort a knot, a gnarl; knortet = knotty, gnarled; Sw. knorla = 2 a curl, a ringlet; Icel. gnerr a knot, a knob; Ger. knorren an ex- Gnaphalium Uliginosum. crescence, a lump; 1. Details of Flowers. 2. Sin knorrig=gnarled. ( Skeat .)] 1. Lit .: A knot in a tree. gle Flower. 2. Fig.: A tough, thickset, rough fellow. "He was short-shouldered, hode, thikke gnarre." Chaucer: C. Т., 551. IMG:content-0561.jpg:[blocks in formation] *gnare, s . [Etym. doubtful.] A snare, a trap. "There wenten before me the gnar is of deeth."Wycliffe: 2 Kings xxii. 6.