coltsfoot

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English

Coltsfoot, T. farfara
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Etymology

From Middle English coltisfote, coltys fot, equivalent to colt +‎ -s- +‎ foot.

Noun

coltsfoot (countable and uncountable, plural coltsfoots or coltsfeet)

  1. An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.
    • 2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 179:
      The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows.
  2. Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
  3. Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).

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