cat[s-ear (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *cat's-ear*:
NOUN	plant	cat's-ear	any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
plant	cat's-ear, California dandelion, capeweed, gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata	European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears

English > *cat's-ear*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears.
Member of	Calochortus, genus Calochortus	large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
Broader	liliaceous plant	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

English > *cat's-ear*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.
Synonyms	California dandelion, capeweed, gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata
Member of	Hypochaeris, genus Hypochaeris, Hypochoeris, genus Hypochoeris	widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice
Broader	weed	Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
Spanish	gosmore
Catalan	gosmore

HyperDic: cat[s-ear