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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