colts·foot

(kōlts′fo͝ot′)

n. pl. colts·foots

1. 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.

2. The dried leaves or flower heads of this plant, long used in herbal medicine to treat coughs.

[From the shape of its leaves.]

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coltsfoot

(ˈkəʊltsˌfʊt)

n, pl -foots

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

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colts•foot

(ˈkoʊltsˌfʊt)

n., pl. -foots.

a composite plant, Tussilago farfara, with large leaves resembling a colt's foot.

[1545–55]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	coltsfoot - 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 beetleweed, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Galax - evergreen herbs of southeastern United States
	2.	coltsfoot - 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 Tussilago farfara genus Tussilago, Tussilago - genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Translations

podběl

følfod

Huflattich

fárfarapie de caballotusilagouña de caballo

leskenlehti

hestehov

podbiał

hästhovtussilago

coltsfoot

[ˈkəʊltsfʊt] N (coltsfoots (pl)) → uña f de caballo, fárfara f

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coltsfoot

n pl <-s> (Bot) → Huflattich m

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coltsfoot

[ˈkəʊltsˌfʊt] n (Bot) → farfara

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

coltsfoot

n (bot) uña de caballo

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He had inherited from his mother some acquaintance with medicinal herbs and their preparation--a little store of wisdom which she had imparted to him as a solemn bequest--but of late years he had had doubts about the lawfulness of applying this knowledge, believing that herbs could have no efficacy without prayer, and that prayer might suffice without herbs; so that the inherited delight he had in wandering in the fields in search of foxglove and dandelion and coltsfoot, began to wear to him the character of a temptation.

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Breuner listed other herbal products available online but deemed unsafe for children: aconite (also known as bushi), species from the genus Aristolochia, belladonna, blue cohosh, borage, broom, calamus, chaparral, coltsfoot, comfrey, germander, life root, lobelia, pennyroyal, poke root, sassafras, skullcap, tansy ragwort, and wormwood.

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These are, in fact, harmless elements such as barley, (16) bay leaves, (17) bran, (18) wax (19) coltsfoot, (20) a piece of a cloak, (21) and a lizard (22) in Theocritus; and frankincense, (23) a woollen band, (24) verbena, (25) bay leaves, (26) wax, (27) clay, (28) bran, (29) and multi-coloured threads (30) in Vergil.

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Breuner listed herbal products available online but deemed unsafe for children: aconite (also known as bushi), species from the genus Aristolochia, belladonna, blue cohosh, borage, broom, calamus, chaparral, coltsfoot, comfrey germander, life root, lobelia, pennyroyal, poke root, sassafras, skullcap, tansy ragwort, and wormwood.

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Santolina was one of the herbs, mixed with chamomile, coltsfoot and carob syrup to produce herbal tobacco.

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