| NOUN | plant | coltsfoot, galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, Galax urceolata | 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 |
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| plant | coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara | perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do |
| Sounds | kow'ltsfuh.t | |
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| Rhymes | afoot ... underfoot: 16 rhymes with uht... | |
| 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. | |
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| Synonyms | galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, Galax urceolata | |
| Member of | genus Galax | evergreen herbs of southeastern United States |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | galax | |
| Catalan | galàxia, galax | |
| 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. | |
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| Synonym | Tussilago farfara | |
| Member of | Tussilago, genus Tussilago | genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | fárfara, tusilago, uña de caballo | |
| Catalan | pota de cavall, Tussilago farfara | |
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