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COLTSFOOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly
Synonyms:
coltsfoot; Tussilago farfara
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coltsfoot" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("coltsfoot" is a member of...):
genus Tussilago; Tussilago (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
Synonyms:
beetleweed; coltsfoot; galax; Galax urceolata; galaxy; wandflower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("coltsfoot" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("coltsfoot" is a member of...):
genus Galax (evergreen herbs of southeastern United States)
