[syn: coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]