COLTSFOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coltsfoot mean? 

• COLTSFOOT (noun)
  The noun COLTSFOOT has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. 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

  Familiarity information: COLTSFOOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLTSFOOT (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beetleweed; coltsfoot; galax; Galax urceolata; galaxy; wandflower

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)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coltsfoot; Tussilago farfara

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)