coltsfoot

Coltsfoot, T. farfara

Meaning

Noun

  • An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East.
  • Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
  • Homogyne alpina (species) (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).

Origin

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

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