coltsfoot

2 definitions found

coltsfoot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coltsfoot \Colts"foot`\, n. (Bot.)
     A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and
     rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant (Petasites  vulgaris
        ).
        [1913 Webster]

coltsfoot - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coltsfoot
      n 1: 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 [syn: galax,
           galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata
           ]
      2: 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 [syn: coltsfoot, Tussilago   farfara
         ]