COLTSFOOT - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kowlts`fût
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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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	Synonyms:	Tussilago farfara

	See Also:	genus Tussilago, herb, herbaceous plant, Tussilago

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Colts"foot`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial herb ({Tussilago Farfara}), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine. {Butterbur coltsfoot} (Bot.), a European plant ({Petasites vulgaris}).