noun.
A low perennial Eurasian herb (Tussilago farfara) in the composite family, naturalized in parts of North America and having dandelionlike flower heads and large, hoof-shaped basal leaves.
noun.
The dried leaves or flower heads of this plant, long used in herbal medicine to treat coughs.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The popular name of the Tussilago Farfara, natural order Compositæ, a plant of Europe and Asia, now naturalized in the United States, the leaves of which were once much employed in medicine.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.
noun.
An herbaceousplant in the family Compositae, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
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
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
Word Usage
"However, orchard grass (called coltsfoot in English farming books) will grow down 4 or more feet while leaving a massive amount of decaying organic matter in the subsoil after the sod is tilled in."