coltsfoots

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• coltsfoots — n. type of plant with large rounded leaves resembling the foot of a colt (Botany) …   English contemporary dictionary

• coltsfoot — noun (plural coltsfoots) Date: 14th century any of various plants with large rounded leaves resembling the foot of a colt; especially a perennial composite herb (Tussilago farfara) with yellow flower heads appearing before the leaves …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• coltsfoot — /kohlts foot /, n., pl. coltsfoots. a composite plant, Tussilago farfara, having yellow, daisylike flowers, native to the Old World but widespread as a weed, formerly used as a cough remedy. [1545 55; COLT + S1 + FOOT, so called from the shape of …   Universalium

• coltsfoot — colts·foot kōlts .fu̇t n, pl coltsfoots 1) a perennial yellow flowered composite herb (Tussilago farfara) native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan that has leaves which are the source of farfara 2) FARFARA …   Medical dictionary

• coltsfoot — noun (plural coltsfoots) a plant of the daisy family, with yellow flowers and large leaves. [Tussilago farfara.] …   English new terms dictionary

• coltsfoot — /ˈkoʊltsfʊt/ (say kohltsfoot) noun (plural coltsfoots) a perennial, Tussilago farfara, native to Europe but widespread as a weed, formerly used in medicine …  

• coltsfoot — [kōlts′foot΄] n. pl. coltsfoots a plant (Tussilago farfara) of the composite family, with heads of small, yellow flowers and large leaves whose shape suggests a colt s footprint …   English World dictionary

• coltsfoot — n. (pl. coltsfoots) a wild composite plant, Tussilago farfara, with large leaves and yellow flowers …   Useful english dictionary

• genus Tussilago — noun genus of low creeping yellow flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites • Syn: ↑Tussilago • Hypernyms: ↑asterid… …   Useful english dictionary

• Tussilago — noun genus of low creeping yellow flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites • Syn: ↑genus Tussilago • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary