coltsfoots

Meanings

Noun

• 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
• 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
• plural of coltsfoot

Synonyms

beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, Tussilago farfara, wandflower