NOUN | plant | Tussilago farfara, coltsfoot | perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do |
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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 | coltsfoot | |
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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