coltsfoot

American  

[kohlts-foot] / ˈkoʊltsˌfʊt /

noun

coltsfoots plural

1. a composite plant, Tussilago farfara, having yellow, daisylike flowers, native to the Old World but widespread as a weed, formerly used as a cough remedy.

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coltsfoot British  

/ ˈkəʊltsˌfʊt /

noun

1. a European plant, Tussilago farfara, with yellow daisy-like flowers and heart-shaped leaves: a common weed: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• coltsfoots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of coltsfoot

1545–55; colt + ’s ¹ + foot, so called from the shape of the leaves

Example Sentences

Behind the Focazios live the Mone family, who reside in an approximately 5,000-square-foot home on Coltsfoot Glen.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2019

Barnips Lozenges, Coltsfoot Rock, and Teddy Gray's Herbal Tablets are among the old-fashioned restoratives still occupying a place in our medicine cabinets.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2016

It's a paste dried hardened stick infused with Coltsfoot extract, an ingredient from a plant - botanical name Tussilago farfara - that has hoof-shaped leaves.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2016

Coltsfoot Rock has been made by Stockleys Sweets in Lancashire for the past 90 years.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2016

"Some of those new people are presentable, but she isn't; and Coltsfoot is so good-looking and so young."

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida