Coltsfoot Definition

kōltsfo͝ot
coltsfoots
noun
coltsfoots
A plant (Tussilago farfara) of the composite family, with heads of small, yellow flowers and large leaves whose shape suggests a colt's footprint.
Webster's New World
The dried leaves or flower heads of this plant, long used in herbal medicine to treat coughs.
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Noun

Singular:
coltsfoot
Plural:
coltsfeet, coltsfoots

Origin of Coltsfoot

  • From the shape of its leaves

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • colt +‎ foot

    From Wiktionary

Coltsfoot Sentence Examples

  • In waste places, white dead nettle, violets and coltsfoot may be in flower, attracting early bumblebees and honey bees.

  • Here the gleam of the miner's lamp outshines the little coltsfoot that grows tenaciously on the spoil heap.

  • Another species, P. vulgaris (Common Butterbur), is a native plant, 2 to 2 1/2 feet high, closely allied to the common Coltsfoot, but having great Rhubarb-like leaves.

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