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cat's-ear

[ kats-eer ]
/ ˈkætsˌɪər /

noun

Also called gosmore. any of several Old World composite plants of the genus Hypochaeris, having leaves in a rosette at the base and dandelionlike yellow or white flowers, especially H. radicata, naturalized as a weed in the western U.S.
any western American plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as C. coeruleus or C. elegans, having white or bluish bell-shaped flowers.

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Origin of cat's-ear

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby cat's-ear

cat's-claw, cat's cradle, cat-scratch disease, cat-scratch fever, cat's cry syndrome, cat's-ear, cat's eye, cat's-foot, Catskill Mountains, catskinner, catslide
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British Dictionary definitions for cat's-ear

cat's-ear

noun

any of various European plants of the genus Hypochoeris, esp H. radicata, having dandelion-like heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
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